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10-130.

A hiker decides to spend his days walking around the countryside. On the first day he walks miles, but on the following days he finds he cannot keep up that pace. On average he travels a shorter distance each day. If he can walk forever, how far will he go?

Treat this as an infinite geometric series with and .

For additional help see problem 10-117.