Sure... GP is Geometric progression...
Its a sequence of the type:
a, ar, ar^2, ar^3, .... ar^n
where each term is multiplied by a common factor r.
The Sum of such a series is given by:
Sn = a1 x (r^n -1)/(r-1)
where
a1 = first term
n = number of terms
r = common multiple
The formula is a common one.. search on google for "geometric progression" and you should get a lot of results.
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haas_mba07
B 16383
Factoring 8192 = 2^13
Factors of 8192 = 1,2,4,8,16.... 8192 (all powers of 2)
As this is a GP with r = 2 , n = 14 (including 1)
Sum = 1 x (2^14 - 1)/(2-1) = 8192 x 2 -1 = 16383
Haas can you give a little bit more explaination?
What is GP?? how did you get that formula for SUM? Is it a common formula. I'd like to know how you got the numerator part and the denominator. I'm a little weak with this.