Preclass assignment due with problem set # 18

Reading : Stewart: 8.4 up to p. 597 (up to but not including the ratio test).
Key areas of focus :
Try to get a geometric sense of what is going on with the partial sums of the series in the alternating series test. What is being said about the error?
Reading Questions
Calculate the first 6 partial sums of the series 1-1/2 + 1/3 - 1/4 + . . .
Graph both the sequence of terms and the sequence of partial sums.

There is a question on the ILT.