// // This file contains the C++ code from Program 2.6 of // "Data Structures and Algorithms // with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++" // by Bruno R. Preiss. // // Copyright (c) 1998 by Bruno R. Preiss, P.Eng. All rights reserved. // // http://www.pads.uwaterloo.ca/Bruno.Preiss/books/opus4/programs/pgm02_06.cpp // int GeometricSeriesSum (int x, unsigned int n) { int sum = 0; for (unsigned int i = 0; i <= n; ++i) { int prod = 1; for (unsigned int j = 0; j < i; ++j) prod *= x; sum += prod; } return sum; }