Calculus 10th Edition

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

Chapter 9 - Infinite Series - 9.4 Exercises - Page 616: 28

Answer

Converges by Telescoping Series

Work Step by Step

$\Sigma^{\infty}_{n=1} (\frac{1}{n+1} - \frac{1}{n+2}) $ Write a few terms in the series $(\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{3}) + (\frac{1}{3} - \frac{1}{4}) + (\frac{1}{4} - \frac{1}{5}) +... + ( - \frac{1}{n+2}) $ Because all the terms cancel except for the first and last, find the limit as they go to infinity $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{n+2} = \frac{1}{2}$ Converges by Telescoping Series
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