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sum from n=0 to infinity of (-1/2)^{n+1}

Solution

n = 0 \sum \infty (- \frac{1}{2})^{n + 1}

Solution

converges

Solution steps

n = 0 \sum \infty (- \frac{1}{2})^{n + 1}

Simplify

(- \frac{1}{2})^{n + 1} : (- \frac{1}{2})^{n} (- \frac{1}{2})

= n = 0 \sum \infty (- \frac{1}{2})^{n} (- \frac{1}{2})

Apply the constant multiplication rule:

\sum c \cdot a_{n} = c \cdot \sum a_{n}

= - \frac{1}{2} \cdot n = 0 \sum \infty (- \frac{1}{2})^{n}

Apply Series Ratio Test:

converges

= - \frac{1}{2} converges

= converges

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