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Infinite Sequences and Series · Superchallenge problem

Positive real numbers aa and rr with 0<r<10<r<1 satisfy ∑n=0∞arn=10\displaystyle\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}ar^n=10 and ∑n=0∞ar2n=6\displaystyle\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}ar^{2n}=6. Find the exact value of ∑n=0∞ar3n\displaystyle\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}ar^{3n}.