Question 161612: Please help my 7th grade son figure out how to answer the following:
determine the general term for the following sequence:
1, 2/5, 1/3, 4/13, 5/17, .....
we figured out the differences and got: .6, 0.66, .03, .01 (decreases at a variable rate) please help!!!!!
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Please help my 7th grade son figure out how to answer the following:
determine the general term for the following sequence:
1, 2/5, 1/3, 4/13, 5/17, .....
we figured out the differences and got: .6, 0.66, .03, .01 (decreases at a variable rate) please help!!!!!
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The NUM is increasing by 1, and the DEN by 4. It starts at 1/1,
So it's (n+1)/(4n+1)
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