Sequence of rational numbers

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Give an example of a sequence of positive rational numbers {qn}n=1 such that the following statement holds: ∀K > 0 there exists n > 1 such that |qn-qn+1| >K.
 
Do you understand what "∀K > 0 there exists n > 1 such that |qn-qn+1| >K" means? It means the distance between two consecutive number becomes arbitrarily large. Suppose you define \(\displaystyle q_0= 0\) and then \(\displaystyle q_{n+1}= q_n+ n\). That gives \(\displaystyle q_1= 0+ 1= 1\), \(\displaystyle q_2= 1+ 2= 3\), \(\displaystyle q_3= 3+ 3-= 6\), \(\displaystyle q_4= 6+ 4= 10\), etc.
 
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