// // This file contains the Java code from Program 2.6 of // "Data Structures and Algorithms // with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java" // by Bruno R. Preiss. // // Copyright (c) 1998 by Bruno R. Preiss, P.Eng. All rights reserved. // // http://www.pads.uwaterloo.ca/Bruno.Preiss/books/opus5/programs/pgm02_06.txt // public class Example { public static int geometricSeriesSum (int x, int n) { int sum = 0; for (int i = 0; i <= n; ++i) { int prod = 1; for (int j = 0; j < i; ++j) prod *= x; sum += prod; } return sum; } }