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erinward62
erinward62 erinward62
  • 21-02-2017
  • Mathematics
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-7+12-17+22-27

What is a possible expression for the series

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Anonymous Anonymous
  • 21-02-2017

just x-17 because you just reduce this in the calculator

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sqdancefan
sqdancefan sqdancefan
  • 06-08-2018

Signs start with a negative and alternate, so the general term will have (-1)^n as a factor. The common difference has a magnitude of 5, so the general term is

\(a_{n}=(-1)^{n}\cdot (7+5(n-1))\)

and the sum is

\(\displaystyle S=\sum_{n=1}^{5}{(-1)^{n}\cdot (5n+2)}=-17\)

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