Saturday, October 14, 2006

What is (4n+1) on homework?

On homework 15 it says that you should do 3.5: 1-29(4n+1). Did he mention what this means? Anyone know?

3 Comments:

Blogger Steve said...

I think it means odd, because (4n+1) is always odd for any integer n.

1:04 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The notation (4n+1) is just a convenient way for writing out 5,9,13,17,21,25, and 29. Just plug in a value for n starting at 1 until you get to 29, which is the last problem of the assignment.

1:27 AM  
Blogger Casey Blue said...

Also, don't forget n=0... we have to do #1 also (4*0+1=1)

4:55 PM  

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