Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 9 - Infinite Series - 9.1 Exercises - Page 593: 58

Answer

Monotonic and Unbounded (not bounded from above)

Work Step by Step

$a_{n+1}\:=\:\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)^{n+1}\:=\:\frac{3}{2}\:\times \:\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)^n\:=\:\:\frac{3}{2}\:\times \:a_n\:>\:a_n$ Implies $a_{n+1}\:>\:a_n$ Therefore the sequence is strictly decreasing and hence monotonic. There is no number x such that $\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)^n$ is less than x for all n. This is because $\frac{3}{2}>1$ and hence its powers increase without bounds. Thus it is unbounded from above.
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