Calculus 10th Edition

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

Chapter 9 - Inifnite Series - 9.1 Exercises - Page 592: 46

Answer

$a_{n}=\displaystyle \frac{1}{n!}$

Work Step by Step

$\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}=1\cdot\frac{1}{2}$ (second term = previous$\displaystyle \times\frac{1}{2})$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{6}=\frac{1}{3}\cdot\frac{1}{2}$ (third term = previous$\displaystyle \times\frac{1}{3})$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{24}=\frac{1}{6}\cdot\frac{1}{4}$ ( fourth term = previous$\displaystyle \times\frac{1}{3})$ fifth term = fourth$\displaystyle \times\frac{1}{5}$ So, with this pattern, $a_{1}=1$ $a_{2}=\displaystyle \frac{a_{1}}{2}$ $a_{3}=\displaystyle \frac{a_{1}}{2\cdot 3}$ $a_{4}=\displaystyle \frac{a_{1}}{2\cdot 3\cdot 4}=\frac{a_{1}}{4!}=\frac{1}{4!}$ $a_{5}=\displaystyle \frac{1}{4!\cdot 5}=\frac{1}{5!}$ $...$ $a_{n}=\displaystyle \frac{1}{n!}$
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