SOLUTION: write the following in set-builder notation. do not use words. {1/2,3/4,5/8,7/16,9/32,11/64,...} thanks for helping.

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Question 1139096: write the following in set-builder notation. do not use words.
{1/2,3/4,5/8,7/16,9/32,11/64,...}
thanks for helping.
Answer by greenestamps(13216) About Me  (Show Source):
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The numerators are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, ... -- consecutive odd numbers.

The denominators are 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, ... -- consecutive powers of 2.

So

{(2n-1)/2^n; n a whole number}