College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Chapter 8, Sequences and Series - Section 8.1 - Sequences and Summation Notation - 8.1 Exercises - Page 601: 44

Answer

$S_1=\frac{1}{6}$ $S_2=\frac{1}{4}$ $S_3=\frac{3}{10}$ $S_4=\frac{1}{3}$

Work Step by Step

$S_1=a_1=\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3}=\frac{1}{6}$ $S_2=a_1+a_2=(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3})+(\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{4})=\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{4}=\frac{1}{4}$ $S_3=a_1+a_2+a_3=(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3})+(\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{4})+(\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{5})=\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{5}=\frac{3}{10}$ $S_4=a_1+a_2+a_3+a_4=(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3})+(\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{4})+(\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{5})+(\frac{1}{5}-\frac{1}{6})=\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{6}=\frac{1}{3}$
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