College Algebra (10th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0321979478
ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-947-6

Chapter 9 - Test - Page 680: 5

Answer

See below.

Work Step by Step

We can see that the sequence of numbers starts with $-\frac{2}{5}$, the signs are alternating and the numerator and denominator increase by $1$ in each term until they reach $11$ and $14$ respectively. Thus a summation formula is: $\sum_{i=1}^{10}(-1)^i \frac{i+1}{i+4}$
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