SOLUTION: Write the series in summation notation. 1+5+9+13+17

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Question 190403: Write the series in summation notation.
1+5+9+13+17
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, solver91311:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(21667) About Me  (Show Source):
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Notice how we're adding 4 to each term to get the next term. So this means that the sequence is arithmetic. Since the series starts at 1, this means that the nth term of the sequence is where "n" starts at 0


So the series is simply




This means that


Answer by solver91311(12118) About Me  (Show Source):
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Each term is so:




John