SOLUTION: Find the limits of the sequences. an= cos(n*pi /2) Thank you so much!

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Question 579911: Find the limits of the sequences.
an= cos(n*pi /2)
Thank you so much!

Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
, , , , and it repeats from then on because cosine is periodic with a period of , so , and so on. In general
, but does not converge. It just keeps flip-flopping between 1 and -1, hitting 0 in between. There is no limit.

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