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(A) Given the series $S = (x+y) + (x^2+xy+y^2) + (x^3+x^2y+xy^2+y^3) + \dots$
Multiply and divide by $(x-y)$:
$S = \frac{(x-y)(x+y) + (x-y)(x^2+xy+y

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$\frac{x+y-xy}{(1-x)(1-y)}$

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(A) Given the series $S = (x+y) + (x^2+xy+y^2) + (x^3+x^2y+xy^2+y^3) + \dots$
Multiply and divide by $(x-y)$:
$S = \frac{(x-y)(x+y) + (x-y)(x^2+xy+y^2) + (x-y)(x^3+x^2y+xy^2+y^3) + \dots}{x-y}$
Using the identity $(x-y)(x^n + x^{n-1}y + \dots + y^n) = x^{n+1} - y^{n+1}$:
$S = \frac{(x^2-y^2) + (x^3-y^3) + (x^4-y^4) + \dots}{x-y}$
$S = \frac{(x^2+x^3+x^4+\dots) - (y^2+y^3+y^4+\dots)}{x-y}$
Using the sum of infinite geometric series formula $S_{\infty} = \frac{a}{1-r}$:
$S = \frac{\frac{x^2}{1-x} - \frac{y^2}{1-y}}{x-y} = \frac{x^2(1-y) - y^2(1-x)}{(1-x)(1-y)(x-y)}$
$S = \frac{x^2 - x^2y - y^2 + xy^2}{(1-x)(1-y)(x-y)} = \frac{(x^2-y^2) - xy(x-y)}{(1-x)(1-y)(x-y)}$
$S = \frac{(x-y)(x+y) - xy(x-y)}{(1-x)(1-y)(x-y)} = \frac{(x-y)(x+y-xy)}{(1-x)(1-y)(x-y)}$
$S = \frac{x+y-xy}{(1-x)(1-y)}$

If $|x| < 1, |y| < 1$ and $x \neq y,$ then the sum to infinity of the following series $(x+y)+(x^{2}+xy+y^{2})+(x^{3}+x^{2}y+xy^{2}+y^{3})+\ldots$ is:

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