How does wolfram alpha compute this sum of exponentials?

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I have been breaking my head from morning, but I have not been able to understand how wolfram alpha obtained the relationship.

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It's a general fact $$\sum\limits_{n=0}^N r^n=\frac{r^{N+1}-1}{r-1}$$

Try proving this by induction. Then just let $r=e^{4}$