University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.1 - Sequences - Exercises - Page 487: 9

Answer

$2,\ 1,\ -1/2,\ -1/4,\ 1/8,\ 1/16,\ -1/32,\ -1/64,\ 1/128,\ 1/256$

Work Step by Step

$\left[\begin{array}{ll} n & a_{n}\\ \\ 1 & 2\\ \\ 2 & (-1)^{2}(2)/2=1\\ \\ 3 & (-1)^{3}(1)/2=-1/2\\ \\ 4 & (-1)^{4}(-1/2)/2=-1/4\\ \\ 5 & (-1)^{5}(-1/4)/2=1/8\\ \\ 6 & (-1)^{6}(1/8)/2=1/16\\ \\ 7 & (-1)^{7}(1/16)/2=-1/32\\ \\ 8 & (-1)^{8}(-1/32)/2=-1/64\\ \\ 9 & (-1)^{9}(-1/64)/2=1/128\\ \\ 10 & (-1)^{10}(1/128)/2=1/256 \end{array}\right]$
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