document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=633283>Question 633283</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help figuring out how to solve this.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is an infinite series, 1+3+9+27+81+243+...= -1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I need to prove that this infinite series equals -1/2. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It is an infinite series, 1+3+9+27+81+243+...= -1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I need to prove that this infinite series equals -1/2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It obviously does not = -1/2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Why would it be negative?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 1st term is > -1/2<BR>\n" );
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