Alternating partial sums
Alternating partial sums
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A geometric progression has first term 9 and common ratio -1. Explain why it has no finite sum to infinity, even though 91-(-1)= 92.
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Answer:No finite sum: partial sums alternate between \(9\) and \(0\).
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