Evaluate the sum of over all positive integers with the property that the decimal representation of the reciprocal of terminates.
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Given an integer k , the decimal representation of k 1 terminates if and only if the only prime factors of k are 2 and 5 .
Thus, we must compute m , n ∈ N ∑ 2 n 5 m 1 = n = 0 ∑ ∞ m = 0 ∑ ∞ 2 n 5 m 1 = n = 0 ∑ ∞ 2 n 1 m = 0 ∑ ∞ 5 m 1 = n = 0 ∑ ∞ 2 n 1 ⋅ 4 5 = 4 5 n = 0 ∑ ∞ 2 n 1 = 4 5 ⋅ 2 = 2 5 = 2 . 5 The inner sum is a geometric series! Another geometric series.