document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=69443>Question 69443</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013052316x/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the common difference of this sequence  1/2, 1/3, 1/6, 0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "of the sequence.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two successive elements in your sequence are 1/6 and 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0-1/6 = -1/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the common difference is -1/6.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You would get the same result if you took the difference between<BR>\n" );
document.write( "any pair in the sequance.  Try it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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