document.write( "Question 346582: Hello I seem to be stuck at this problem.
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document.write( "I'm not to sure how to write it as the n and n-1 are subscripts.
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document.write( "Show that an = Sn – Sn-1 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #247770 by Fombitz(32388)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! S[n]=a[1]+a[2]+a[3]+...+a[n-2]+a[n-1]+[an] \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "S[n-1]=a[1]+a[2]+a[3]+...+a[n-2]+a[n-1] \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "S[n]-S[n-1]=(a[1]-a[1])+(a[2]-a[2])+(a[3]-a[3])+...+(a[n-2]-a[n-2])+(a[n-1]-a[n-1])+a[n] \n" ); document.write( "S[n]-S[n-1]=(0)+(0)+(0)+...+(0)+(0)+a[n] \n" ); document.write( "S[n]-S[n-1]=a[n] \n" ); document.write( " |