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HMMT November 2023 H1

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Tyler has an infinite geometric series with sum 10 . He increases the first term of his sequence by 4 and swiftly changes the subsequent terms so that the common ratio remains the same, creating a new geometric series with sum 15. Compute the common ratio of Tyler's series.

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\frac{1}{5}

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