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#51 2012-03-31 22:45:07

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Ok, the sum is simple to derive from there


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#52 2012-03-31 22:50:20

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Hi gAr


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#53 2012-03-31 22:54:24

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"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#54 2012-03-31 22:59:19

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Hi gAr

g.p.?


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#55 2012-03-31 23:01:09

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi,

Geometric Progression...


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#56 2012-03-31 23:02:53

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Oh,ok.I will post a new one soon,I just want to see if anyone else solves it.


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#57 2012-03-31 23:07:05

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Ok.
Good problems...


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#58 2012-03-31 23:20:14

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Thanks,but they seem too easy for you guys.


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#59 2012-03-31 23:34:00

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Not too easy, it's only because I'm familiar with the method.


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

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#60 2012-04-01 00:27:50

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Ok,if you say so.


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#61 2012-04-02 14:00:37

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#4)Find the general term of the sequence:

1,2,3,4,5,6,...

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-04-02 14:02:18)


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#62 2012-04-02 14:42:58

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Re: Find the general term!!!


igloo myrtilles fourmis

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#63 2012-04-02 14:48:54

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Hi JEF

A general term is a formula that gives us the value of an n-th term of a sequence directly.

And we're assuming base ten here.


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#64 2012-04-03 01:11:12

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Hi,


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#65 2012-04-03 01:13:21

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Hi gAr

That is not correct.Look at Jeff's reply and try to make something of it.


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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#66 2012-04-03 01:21:33

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Hi anonimnystefy,

I disagree.
It's correct for the terms in the question.


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#67 2012-04-03 01:24:16

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Hi gAr


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#68 2012-04-03 02:09:03

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Hi,



"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#69 2012-04-03 02:15:17

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi gAr


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#70 2012-04-03 02:19:57

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Oh, ok.
I interpolated for 729.


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#71 2012-04-03 02:23:47

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But,anyway I think that we have reached a conlusion on this and credit goes to Jeff.


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#72 2012-04-03 02:40:20

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Yep.


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#73 2012-04-03 02:44:51

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I will post more soon. smile


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#74 2012-04-03 03:01:19

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I'll be waiting!


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#75 2012-04-03 03:46:05

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#5)Find the general term of the n-bonacci sequence.


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