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How do you Find the $n$ -th term of the infinite sequence $1,1/4,1/9,1/16,…$ ?

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Oct 5, 2014

By observing the first several terms,

$a_1=1=1/1^2$

$a_2=1/4=1/2^2$

$a_3=1/9=1/3^2$

$a_4=1/16=1/4^2$

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$a_n=1/n^2$

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