SOLUTION: Write the following in summation notation: 1/12 + 1/13+ 1/14+ 1/15+1/16 3/4 + 6/9 + 9/16 +12/25 +15/36 +18/49

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Question 472628: Write the following in summation notation:
1/12 + 1/13+ 1/14+ 1/15+1/16


3/4 + 6/9 + 9/16 +12/25 +15/36 +18/49

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You basically have to look for patterns in each of the terms, then find a general term.





There are many ways to write the summation, these ones are probably the simplest. Note that i does not denote the square root of -1; it is simply conventional to use the letter for summations (I have no clue why).