Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 12 - Section 12.1 - Sequences and Summation Notation - 12.1 Exercises - Page 851: 25

Answer

(a) $2, \frac{1}{2}, 2, \frac{1}{2}, 2, \frac{1}{2}, 2, \frac{1}{2}, 2, \frac{1}{2}$ (b) See graph.

Work Step by Step

(a) Given $a_1=2$ and $a_n=\frac{1}{a_{n-1}}$, we have $a_2=\frac{1}{a_1}=\frac{1}{2}$, $a_3=\frac{1}{a_2}=2$, ... and so on. We can list the first ten terms as $2, \frac{1}{2}, 2, \frac{1}{2}, 2, \frac{1}{2}, 2, \frac{1}{2}, 2, \frac{1}{2}$ (b) See graph.
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