An experiment conducted repeatedly in a laboratory gives the following measurements: The first measurement has value 1 and (n + 1) st measurement has value - bigger than the nth one, where a is a positive integer. It is observed that if the experiments carried on more a" and more the measurement's values approach 1.25. What is the value of a?

An experiment conducted repeatedly in a laboratory gives the following measurements: The first measurement has value 1 and (n + 1) st measurement has value - bigger than the nth one, where a is a positive integer. It is observed that if the experiments carried on more a" and more the measurement's values approach 1.25. What is the value of a?

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter10: Sequences, Series, And Probability

Section10.2: Arithmetic Sequences

Problem 67E

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