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Consider a convergent alternating series with terms
a
n
a_n
a
n
satisfying
∣
a
n
+
1
∣
<
∣
a
n
∣
|a_{n+1}|<|a_n|
∣
a
n
+
1
∣
<
∣
a
n
∣
for all
n
n
n
and
lim
n
→
∞
a
n
=
0
\lim_{n\to\infty}a_n=0
lim
n
→
∞
a
n
=
0
. Describe the relationship between the remainder
R
N
=
S
−
S
N
R_N=S- S_N
R
N
=
S
−
S
N
and the first omitted term
a
N
+
1
a_{N+1}
a
N
+
1
.
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