Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 11 - Infinite Sequences and Series - 11.10 Taylor and Maclaurin Series - 11.10 Exercises - Page 812: 55

Answer

$\int\frac{cosx-1}{x}dx=c+\Sigma_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^{n}x^{2n}}{2n. (2n)!}$

Work Step by Step

$\frac{cosx-1}{x}=-\frac{1}{x}+\frac{cosx}{x}$ $=-\frac{1}{2!}x+\frac{1}{4!}x^{3}-\frac{1}{6!}x^{5}+......+\frac{(-1)^{n}x^{2n-1}}{2n!}x+...$ Now, $\int\frac{cosx-1}{x} dx=\int(-\frac{1}{2!}x+\frac{1}{4!}x^{3}-\frac{1}{6!}x^{5}+...+\frac{(-1)^{n}x^{2n-1}}{2n!}x+..)dx$ $=c+\Sigma_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^{n}x^{2n}}{2n. (2n)!}$ Hence, $\int\frac{cosx-1}{x}dx=c+\Sigma_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^{n}x^{2n}}{2n. (2n)!}$
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