SOLUTION: the formula for 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8

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Question 915951: the formula for 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Some textbooks use  and others use  for the nth term.

So it's:

 or 

depending on which your textbook and instructor uses.

Edwin
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