Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.4 - The Comparison Tests - 11.4 Exercises - Page 731: 2

Answer

a) $b_{n}$ is divergent and $a_{n} > b_{n}$ then $a_{n}$ is divergent as well. b) $b_{n}$ is divergent and $a_{n} < b_{n}$ then we cannot conclude.

Work Step by Step

a) If a series ($b_{n}$) is cdivergent than we can say that it's sum is infinity. This means a series ($a_{n}$) with a sum bigger than $b_{n}$ will be infinity as well so $a_{n}$ is divergent. b) If $a_{n}$ is smaller than we cannot conclude anything as it could be any number smaller than infinity (infinity doesn't have an exact value so it is possible for $\infty < \infty$ in a way)
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