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Homework Statement
Prove the following relation. It is assumed that all values of x and y which occur are such that the denominators in the indicated fractions are not equal to 0.
$$\frac{x^n-1}{x-1}=x^{n-1}+x^{n-2}+...+x+1$$
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The Attempt at a Solution
Please see attached document for my work and thought process. Will type it out if it isn’t clear to anyone.
I don’t know how to continue with step (4) as I don’t think I understand the nature of the expression with the ellipses etc and how I would go about distributing to cancel terms.