Here are two examples of geometric series' with R=-1 and the number of terms N is odd: 2,-2,2,-2,2,-2,2 The nth or 7th term, 2, is the same as the first term, 2. Another example -8,8,-8,8,-8 The nth or 5th term, -8, is the same as the first term, -8. That'll always be the case. Edwin