SOLUTION: I'm looking to find th 52nd term of the following harmonic series. 1+ 1/5 + 1/9 + 1/13 + 1/17 +...

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Question 30508: I'm looking to find th 52nd term of the following harmonic series.
1+ 1/5 + 1/9 + 1/13 + 1/17 +...
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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1 1/5 1/9 1/13 etc is adding 4 to the denominator for the next in the sequence.
Term 52 =((52-1) x 4) + 1 or 51 x 4 + 1 or 204 + 1 = 205