Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 9 - Infinite Series - 9.2 Exercises - Page 601: 2

Answer

$S_{1}=\dfrac {1}{6};$ $S_{2}=S_{1}+\dfrac {1}{6}=\dfrac {1}{3};$ $S_{3}=S_{2}+\dfrac {3}{20}=\dfrac {29}{60}$ $S_{4}=S_{3}+\dfrac {2}{15}=\dfrac {37}{60};$ $S_{5}=S_{4}+\dfrac {5}{42}=\dfrac {103}{140}$

Work Step by Step

$S_{n}=\dfrac {1}{2\times 3}+\dfrac {2}{3\times 4}+\dfrac {3}{4\times 5}+\dfrac {4}{5\times 6}+\dfrac {5}{6\times 7}+\ldots \dfrac {n}{\left( n+1\right) \left( n+2\right) }\Rightarrow $ $S_{1}=\dfrac {1}{6};$ $S_{2}=S_{1}+\dfrac {1}{6}=\dfrac {1}{3};$ $S_{3}=S_{2}+\dfrac {3}{20}=\dfrac {29}{60}$ $S_{4}=S_{3}+\dfrac {2}{15}=\dfrac {37}{60};$ $S_{5}=S_{4}+\dfrac {5}{42}=\dfrac {103}{140}$
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