Discrete Mathematics with Applications 4th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 0-49539-132-8
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Chapter 5 - Sequences, Mathematical Induction, and Recursion - Exercise Set 5.1 - Page 243: 41

Answer

$\sum_{k=1}^{m+1}\frac{k}{k+1}$

Work Step by Step

1. Examine the part with the summation, let $k=m$, we can get a term $\frac{m}{m+1}$ 2. let $k=m+1$, we can get a term $\frac{m+1}{m+2}$ which is the same as the second part of the original expression. 3. Thus we can combine the two parts as $\sum_{k=1}^{m+1}\frac{k}{k+1}$
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