You take $100 from your bank and spend all of it at A's store. A spends 90% of the 100$ at B's store. B spends 90% of that value (about $81, if you are curious) at C's store. C spends 90% of that value (about $72s if your are curious at D's store. Who spends 90% of that at.....so eventually this spending will come to an end. At the end of all this, how much spending happened?

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You take $100 from your bank and spend all of it at A's store. A spends 90% of the 100$ at B's store. B spends 90% of that value (about $81, if you are curious) at C's store. C spends 90% of that value (about $72s if your are curious at D's store. Who spends 90% of that at.....so eventually this spending will come to an end. At the end of all this, how much spending happened? (If you try to solve this by adding up all the spending you are in for a long evening)
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