SOLUTION: Please help me solve this: Find a rule for a general term for the sequence -1, 1/2, -1/3, 1/4, -1/5,...

Question 967404: Please help me solve this:
Find a rule for a general term for the sequence -1, 1/2, -1/3, 1/4, -1/5,...
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The general rule is

Basically it's but we throw in to have the terms alternate in sign.

Note: n is a positive integer (ie a whole number that starts at n = 1)

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Example: the third term is -1/3. Plug in n = 3 and you get...

which matches with the third term given. Try other values of n to confirm the expression.

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