document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=870504>Question 870504</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write an explicit formula for 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I have tried a subscript n= 1/2n<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #524898 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=524898\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you mean to say <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F%282n%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F%282n%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, then you have to write 1/(2n) to make the 'n' in the denominator. If you forget the parenthesis, then 1/2n means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=expr%281%2F2%29n ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"expr%281%2F2%29n\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and you can see that n is no longer in the denominator.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is definitely <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5Bn%5D+=+1%2F%282n%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5Bn%5D+=+1%2F%282n%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where n starts at n = 1 (and n is a positive integer) </SPAN>\n" );
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