Find the explicit formula for the following sequence 5, 0.5, 0.05, 0.005 ...

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2022-09-11

Find the explicit formula for the following sequence 5, 0.5, 0.05, 0.005 ...

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mercuross8

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Beginner2022-09-12Added 16 answers

This is a geometric sequence with common ratio r = x n + 1 x n = 1 10 .
The first term is a=5.
Hence the general term is ( x n ) = a r n - 1 , n .
= 5 ( 1 10 ) n - 1

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