Is it possible to simplify this function in a way that the summation symbol is removed?

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$$ f(t)=\sum_{t_0=0}^{t} ab^{t_0} $$

In which $a$ and $b$ are constants, and $t$ is variable.

The purpose of the function is to describe the performance of a fixed income investment with monthly contributions. $a$ is the value that is added each month, $b$ is the monthly fee summed with 1, $t$ is the period in months, and $f(t)$ is the value of the investment after $t$ months.

$$ f(t)=kb^t+\sum_{t_0=0}^{t} ab^{t_0} $$

This is the same function considering there was an ammount already invested when $t=0$, represented by $k$.

These functions are not practical to be calculated without the help of a computer program, so I was wondering if there is a way of removing the summation from them.

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As per the comments, the summation portion of the function can be expressed as the sum of a geometric progression:

$f(t)=kb^t+a(b^{t+1}-1)/(b-1);t≥0; b≠1$