SOLUTION: What are multiples of 1/5 and how do you write the multiples as a sum

Question 842311: What are multiples of 1/5 and how do you write the multiples as a sum
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Curiously even though we are talking about multiples of 1/5 it will be an arithmetic sequence not geometric.
1/5, 2/5, 3/5,4/5

First term is 1/5 and the difference is 1/5
S = �(2a + (n-1)d)n
positive S = �(2/5 + (n-1)/5)n
negative S = �(-2/5 -(n-1)/5)n
If we also include negative multiples of 1/5
First term is -1/5 and the difference is -1/5
then the sum will be zero because the pluses and minuses add up to zero.
S = �(2/5 + (n-1)/5)n+ �(-2/5 -(n-1)/5)n=0
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