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Forum Name: High school
Topic ID: 166
Message ID: 3
#3, RE: infinite series
Posted by jman_red on Jul-03-02 at 09:11 PM
In response to message #0
It does not equal one because no matter how infinitely you add, your fraction will still be x-1/x, instead of the x/x that is one.

Ex. 1/2, 1/2 + 1/4 = 3/4, 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 = 7/8... etc.

jman_red