Infinite Series: Find Function

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Hello all!
I have the following infinite series:

[tex]\frac{10}{x}+\frac{10}{x^2}+\frac{10}{x^3}+\ldots[/tex]

How would I find a function, f(x), of this series?

I know the series converges for [tex]\vert x \vert > 1[/tex]

I think the function is: [tex]f(x) = \frac{10}{x-1}[/tex]

but I'm not sure how to get it.

Thanks,
Bailey
 
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why the x-1 in the denominator?
maybe this


[tex]f_{n}(x) = \frac{10}{x^n}[/tex]

because

[tex]\sum\frac{10}{x^n}[/tex]

will be what you started with, but I may be worng and/or missing something though.
 
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Ugggh! I'm so blind sometimes...must be all the turkey I ate yesterday. I see the geometric series.

Thanks, PM.

Bailey