SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem: Write a rule for 1, 1/2, 3, 1/4, 5, 1/6, 7....

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Question 1201742: Please help me with this problem:
Write a rule for 1, 1/2, 3, 1/4, 5, 1/6, 7....
Answer by ikleyn(52792)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The rule is this: 

        The term    of the given sequence is n, if the index n is an odd integer number,

        and is  1/n,  if n is an even integer number.


The rule is valid for all terms of the sequence, without any exclusion, that are shown in the post.



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