SOLUTION: some sequence involve a parten but neither arithemetic nor geometric considering the following sequence 6,8,2,-6,-8,-2, 6, 8,..... (i). find the sum ofthe first 72 ter

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Question 1080710: some sequence involve a parten but neither arithemetic nor geometric considering the following sequence 6,8,2,-6,-8,-2, 6, 8,.....
(i). find the sum ofthe first 72 terms
(ii).find the sum of the first 73 terms

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The six terms sum to 0. Because 72 is an integer multiple of 6, the sum is 0.
The sum of the first 73 terms is 6.

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