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Algebra Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it Canada

Consider the sequence t1=1t_1=1, t2=1t_2=-1 and tn=(n3n1)tn2t_n=\left(\frac{n-3}{n-1}\right)t_{n-2} where n3n\geq 3. What is the value of t1998t_{1998}?

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