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#1 2016-04-15 17:42:38

coolbee
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Registered: 2016-04-05
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arithmetic mean

Find the arithmetic mean of the series

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The question doesn't specify the value of n ,i.e,whether it is natural number or something else.
If we take n=3 for 3rd term it comes out to be 2^3 and not 2^7.Help.

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#2 2016-04-15 18:51:08

Bob
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Re: arithmetic mean

hi coolbee,

At first sight, I thought geometric series

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/seque … etric.html,

but then the third term would need to be 2^3 not 2^7.

So I don't follow what the general rule could be here.  Could that be a misprint?

Bob


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#3 2016-04-17 16:35:53

coolbee
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Re: arithmetic mean

I think the same.Just wanted to confirm.
thank you.

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