What is the closed form for the infinite geometric sequence beginning  4,2,1,1/2 where the first term is obtained by setting the index variable n equal to 1? The closed form is xn =

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What is the closed form for the infinite geometric sequence beginning 

4,2,1,1/2

where the first term is obtained by setting the index variable equal to 1?

The closed form is x=

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