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# help on series

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the first blank has the options coverges and diverges

the second blank has the options arithmetic and geometric and the absolute value of the common ration is less than 1 and geometric and the absolute value of the common ration is greater than 1.

Jan 16, 2020

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This series diverges  ( we have larger and larger negatives  as terms are added )

Only geometric series have common ratios......arithmetic series  have a common difference

The common difference  is

15/2 - 16

15/2 - 32/2  =

-17/2

Tha absolute value  of this difference  >  1

Jan 16, 2020
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