Radius of a power series

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We have the power series:

$$ \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty}a_nz^n $$

The radius of convergence of that series is $R$.

Now I need to find the radius of convergence for:

$$ \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty}a_nc^nz^n, \quad c \in \mathbb C $$

The answers say that the new series converges for:

$$ |cz| < R $$

And then says that because it holds that:

$$ |cz| = |c||z| $$

We can conclude that the radius of convergence of the new series is: (for $|c| \neq 0$)

$$ R' = \frac{R}{|c|} $$

Why is the new radius not $R$, as we said that $|cz| < R$? Why do they go ahead and find $R'$?

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$\sum a_nz^n$ converges if $|z|<R$ and diverges if $ |z|>R$.

thus

$\sum a_n(cz)^n$ converges if $|cz|<R $ or $|z|<\frac{R}{|c|}$

and diverges if $|cz|>R$ or $|z|>\frac{R}{|c|}$

hence, by definition, $$R'=\frac{R}{|c|}$$

$c $ is a real or a complex $ (\ne 0)$.