SOLUTION: use partial sum formulas and the information provided to find the sum : 1 - 4 + 16 - 64 .... n = 9 20 + 27 + 34 + 41 .... n = 16

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Question 616826: use partial sum formulas and the information provided to find the sum :
1 - 4 + 16 - 64 .... n = 9
20 + 27 + 34 + 41 .... n = 16

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Hi,
use partial sum formulas and the information provided to find the sum :
1 - 4 + 16 - 64 .... n = 9 Geometric a%5B1%5D = 1 and r = -4
sum%28+a%5Bn%5D%2C+n=1%2C+n+%29+=+a%5B1%5D%28%281-r%5En%29%2F%281-r%29%29

20 + 27 + 34 + 41 .... n = 16 Arithmetic a%5B1%5D = 20 and d = 7
S%5Bn%5D=%28n%2F2%29%282%2Aa%5B1%5D%2B+%28n-1%29d%29
S%5B16%5D=%2816%2F2%29%282%2A20%2B+%2815%297%29=+highlight%281160%29