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: 6

Answer

$S_{1}=1;$ $S_{2}=S_{1}-\dfrac {1}{2}=\dfrac {1}{2};$ $S_{3}=S_{2}+\dfrac {1}{6}=\dfrac {2}{3};$ $S_{4}=S_{3}-\dfrac {1}{24}=\dfrac {5}{8};$ $S_{5}=S_4+\frac{1}{120}=\frac{19}{30}$

Work Step by Step

$S_{n}=\sum ^{n}_{n=1}\dfrac {\left( -1\right) ^{n+1}}{n!}\Rightarrow $ $S_{1}=1;$ $S_{2}=S_{1}-\dfrac {1}{2}=\dfrac {1}{2};$ $S_{3}=S_{2}+\dfrac {1}{6}=\dfrac {2}{3};$ $S_{4}=S_{3}-\dfrac {1}{24}=\dfrac {5}{8};$ $S_{5}=S_4+\frac{1}{120}=\frac{19}{30}$
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