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Can someone explain this, please?

7-21+63-189+

Is it a converge or diverge and does it have a sum or not?

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if you notice the terms, they're

7, -21, 63, -189 and so forth.

7*-3 = -21 and -21 * -3 is 63 and so forth, meaning the "common ratio" is -3.

now, for a common ratio say "r", which is a fraction, namely less than ±1 and more than 0, or |r| < 1 , you do have a convergent sequence.

however this one notice, |-3| is 3, and that's greater than 1 clearly, therefore is divergent, meaning the summation has no finite value.
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