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Finding the sum of an arithmetic series

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Finding the sum of an arithmetic series

Postby Griffin » Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:19 pm

Find the sum of the following arithmetic series :

Sn of 5, 7, 9, 11,...
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Re: Finding the sum of an arithmetic series

Postby nona.m.nona » Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:35 pm

Griffin wrote:Find the sum of the following arithmetic series :

Sn of 5, 7, 9, 11,...

If you are adding terms which are always larger than the previous terms, will the sum ever stop growing?
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