Respuesta :

The correct answer is 959,780.

In order to find this, we need to first find all the first 8 terms of the series. Each term is the previous term multiplied by -6. This gives us the following terms.

-4

-4*-6 = 24

24*-6 = -144

-144*-6 = 864

864*-6 = -5,184

-5,184*-6 = 31,104

31,104*-6 = -186,624

-186,624*-6 = 1,119,744

Now we add all those together and get our answer.

-4 + 24 - 144 + 864 - 5,184 + 31,104 - 186,624 + 1,119,744 = 959,780

Answer:

959,780

Step-by-step explanation:

The method above is correct; however, as Yoda would say "there is another"

You can also use the Geometric series formula to solve this.

This formula is [tex]S_{n} = \frac{a_{1}-a_{1}r^{n} }{1-r}[/tex]

(n being the number of terms, [tex]a_{1}[/tex] being the first term, and r being the rate of change)

n = 8

[tex]a_{1}[/tex] = -4

r = -6

Plug these values into the equation and you get 959,780.