Problema Solution
Find the smallest term of the sequence 1/2, 3/2, 9/2, .....which is greater than 300?
Answer provided by our tutors
The repeating fraction has a denominator of '2' and a numerator of '3^x', where 3^0=1, 3^1=3, 3^2=9, etc.
So solving "(3^x)/2=300" solves for the closest decimal:
(3^x)/2=300
x=5.8227
...so the x=6 is the smallest integer greater than 300, giving:
3^6/2
729/2
So 729/2 is the smallest term in the sequence.