A wealthy man decided to pledge ₱1,000,000.00 to a charity fund that aims to help orphans. He then thought of a strategy to invest 10% less than the pledged amount in the year that followed. On the third year, he invested 10% less than what he invested during the second year, and so on. He also planned to entrust this deed to his successor and hoped that his successor would also do the same. If this deed continued indefinitely, what is the total amount of donations the charity would have received?

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A wealthy man decided to pledge ₱1,000,000.00 to a charity fund that aims to help orphans. He then thought of a strategy to invest 10% less than the pledged amount in the year that followed. On the third year, he invested 10% less than what he invested during the second year, and so on. He also planned to entrust this deed to his successor and hoped that his successor would also do the same. If this deed continued indefinitely, what is the total amount of donations the charity would have received?

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