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Summation of terms/ summation formula

by megh.me Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:21 pm

% lb Book, Chap. 10, Page 429:

Problem 39.

Not sure why the Summation formula is not working for this problem. Please advise!
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Re: Summation of terms/ summation formula

by tommywallach Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:46 pm

Hey Megh,

Apologies, but I don't know what you mean. You mean the question with Amy and Bob, correct? How exactly would you want to solve this. I don't know what you mean by the summation formula. That's a calculus term, so not technically relevant here...

-t