## lilsis76 Group Title How can I re-write the sum's suing Sigma Notation for: 2 - 2^2 + 2^3 -2^4 +2^5 I know the reoccuring number is going to be 2 which goes to the right of the sigma. on the bottom of sigma it would be 1, and top of sigma would be 5 right? one year ago one year ago

1. lilsis76

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2. cnknd

$\sum_{n=0}^{4}2(-2)^n$ is one way of writing it.

3. lilsis76

oh. so that (-2), is that how it would go from negative to positive?

4. cnknd

expand what i wrote and check for yourself

5. lilsis76

okay: -2^0 = 0 *2 = 0 -2^1=-2*2=-4 -2^2=-4*2=-8 -2^3=-8*2=-16

6. lilsis76

@cnknd is this how it would go?

7. cnknd

ur doing the exponents wrong... this is basics...

8. lilsis76

|dw:1353786706417:dw|okay the first one would be>....< @cnknd

9. cnknd

in what i put down, the index n goes from 0 to 4... so it's 2(-2)^0 + 2(-2)^1 + 2(-2)^2 + 2(-2)^3 + 2(-2)^4 which is 2(1) + 2(-2) + 2(4) + 2(-8) + 2(16)

10. lilsis76

OH SHOOT! i just noticed i started at 1. i just now noticed it starts at 0

11. lilsis76

okay okay, i got it now. it makes more sense starting at zero haha thank you. Medal for you :)