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Express the number as a ratio of integers.

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Express the number as a ratio of integers.

asked Feb 11, 2015 in CALCULUS by anonymous
reshown Feb 11, 2015 by goushi

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Step 1 :

The geometric series image

is convergent if image and its sum is

image

If image, the geometric series is divergent.

Step 2 :

The expression is image

Rewrite the expression.

image

The above series is geometric series with image and image.

Observe that image.

Hence, the geometric series is convergent.

The sum is

image

image

Solution :
image

answered Feb 11, 2015 by Thomas Apprentice

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