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Why do some infinite series add up to a finite number?

I learned that 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ... equals 2. But how can adding infinitely many numbers produce a finite sum? If I keep adding positive numbers forever, shouldn't it eventually blow up to infinity? What makes some series converge and others diverge?

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