Monday, February 17, 2014

Find the 10th and nth terms of the sequence 4,30/7,60/13,...

If we'll write the sequence of
reciprocals:


1/4, 7/30, 13/60,
....


and we'll calculate the difference between consecutive
terms:


7/30 - 1/4 =
-1/60


13/60 - 7/30 =
-1/60


..................................


we'll
notice that we'll obtain the common difference d = -1/60, so the sequence of reciprocal
terms is an a.s.


So, the given sequence is a harmonic
sequence.


Now, we'll calculate  a10 for the arithmetic
sequence:


a10 = a1 + 9d


a10 =
1/4 + 9*(-1/60)


a10 = 1/4 -
3/20


a10 = (5-3)/20


a10 =
1/10


So, the 10-th term of the H.P. is t10 =
10.


The n-th of the A.P.
is:


an = a1 + (n-1)d


an = 1/4
+ (n-1)(-1/60)


an = (15 - n +
1)/60


an =
(16-n)/60


The n-th term of the H.P. is tn =
60/(16-n).

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