SOLUTION: explain why 6,18,54,162... does not have a sum

SOLUTION: explain why 6,18,54,162... does not have a sum

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Question 758001: explain why 6,18,54,162... does not have a sum

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It doesn't have an infinite sum because each term is getting bigger. So adding on the next term makes the sum get bigger and bigger...and bigger...etc. It will never converge to some fixed number and will grow forever.

So that's why it doesn't have a sum.
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