Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 9 - Inifnite Series - 9.1 Exercises - Page 592: 16

Answer

$a_{5}=\displaystyle \frac{2}{27},\quad a_{6}=-\frac{2}{81}$ next term = multiply the preceding term by $-\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$

Work Step by Step

$a_{1}=6$, $a_{2}=6\div(-3)=-2$ $a_{3}=-2\displaystyle \div(-3)=\frac{2}{3}$ $a_{4}=\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}\div(-3)=-\frac{4}{3}$ $a_{1}=6$, and for the terms that follow, the next term is obtained by dividing the preceding term by $(-3)$, (or by multiplying the preceding term by $-\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$) $a_{1}=6$, and for n $\geq 2, $ $a_{n}=-\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}a_{n-1},$ $a_{5}=-\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}(-\frac{2}{9})=\frac{2}{27}$ $a_{6}=-\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}(\frac{2}{27})=-\frac{2}{81}$
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