Given is the arithmetic-geometric sequence $u(k) = (900-3k)r^{k - 1}$.
Let $s(n) = \sum_{k = 1}^n u(k)$.
Find the value of $r$ for which $s(5000) = -600\,000\,000\,000$.
Give your answer rounded to $12$ places behind the decimal point.
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