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Find the explicit formula for the n​th term of the following sequence where the first term is a1

{-6/7, 7/9, -8/11, 9/13, -10/15, ...}

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Find the explicit formula for the n​th term of the following sequence where the first-example-1

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The numerators in each term are consecutive integers ≥ 6. If n = 1 refers to the first term, then the numerator of the n-th term would be n + 5.

The denominators are consecutive odd integers ≥ 7. Odd numbers take the form 2k - 1, where k is any integer, and 2k - 1 = 7 when k = 4. But we want our sequence to start at n = 1, so we replace k here with n + 3. Then the denominator of the n-th term would be 2 (n + 3) - 1, or 2n + 5.

The odd-indexed terms are negative, while the even-indexed terms are positive. We can account for the sign of the term by multiplying by (-1)ⁿ.

Taking everything together, it follows that the n-th term in the sequence is


a_n = (-1)^n (n + 5)/(2n+5)

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