Harmonic Series...

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Harmonic Series...

bahrom7893 · Answer

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bahrom7893 · Answer

@Zarkon @Pippa @Hero  we can continue here.

bahrom7893 · Answer

im sorry zarkon, im sure im driving u nuts with these.. a couple more to go and then the computational stuff will begin.

hero · Answer

I'm not qualified to help you with this, but, you can gladly tell me which book these questions are coming from.

bahrom7893 · Answer

btw that part a. It's false right? 1/2 is not less than 1/2

zarkon · Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{4}\ge\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{4}=\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}$$

do the same with the other sets of numbers....use the smallest number from each group toso that it adds to 1/2

bahrom7893 · Answer

@Hero Calculus - Single Variable and MultiVariable 5th edition, hughes hallet
@Zarkon ty. what about part b

hero · Answer

Funny, I have that book

zarkon · Answer

there are an infinte number of 1/2's you are adding up...therefore the sum is infinity

bahrom7893 · Answer

This was 9.3 #46 hero.

hero · Answer

Zarkon is the OS version of wolfram alpha

bahrom7893 · Answer

Two more left Zarkon and I'll hopefully be able to do most of the rest on my own.

bahrom7893 · Answer

YES HE IS!

hero · Answer

And Pippa is funny

bahrom7893 · Answer

no she's not

hero · Answer

I was trying to be nice.

bahrom7893 · Answer

i wasn't :/ lol sorry

anonymous · Answer

The series is 1/n, as n approaches infinity, it can never converge.