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: 5

Answer

$S_{1}=\dfrac {3}{1}=3;$ $S_{2}=S_{1}+\dfrac {3}{2}=\dfrac {9}{2};$ $S_{3}=S_{2}+\dfrac {3}{4}=\dfrac {21}{4};$ $S_{4}=S_{3}+\dfrac {3}{8}=\dfrac {45}{8};$ $S_{5}=S_4+\frac{3}{16}=\frac{93}{16}$

Work Step by Step

$S_{n}=\sum ^{\infty }_{n=1}\dfrac {3}{2^{n-1}}\Rightarrow $ $S_{1}=\dfrac {3}{1}=3;$ $S_{2}=S_{1}+\dfrac {3}{2}=\dfrac {9}{2};$ $S_{3}=S_{2}+\dfrac {3}{4}=\dfrac {21}{4};$ $S_{4}=S_{3}+\dfrac {3}{8}=\dfrac {45}{8};$ $S_{5}=S_4+\frac{3}{16}=\frac{93}{16}$
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