SOLUTION: Find the 20th term of a HP.of which the first two terms are 2/39 and 2/37

Question 1043665: Find the 20th term of a HP.of which the first two terms are 2/39 and 2/37
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, robertb:
Answer by ikleyn(52790) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Who is HP?

Hewlett-Packard?

Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A harmonic progression is a sequence of quantities whose reciprocals are in arithmetic progression.
Since and , it follows that and .
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Therefore the twentieth term of the harmonic progression is .
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