Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Sequences and Infinite Series - 8.3 Infinite Series - 8.3 Exercises - Page 624: 65

Answer

$\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {2}}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {3}}$

Work Step by Step

Here, we have $S_n= \Sigma_{k=1}^{n} (\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {k+1}}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {k+3}})$ or, $= (\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {2}}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {4}})+ (\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {3}}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {5}})+....... +(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {n}}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {n+2}})+ (\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {n+1}}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {n+3}})$ or, $= \dfrac{1}{\sqrt {2}}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {3}}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {n+2}}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {n+3}} $ Now, $S=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{1}{\sqrt {2}}+\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {3}}-\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {n+2}}-\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {n+3}} $ or, $S= \dfrac{1}{\sqrt {2}}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {3}}-0-0$ or, $= \dfrac{1}{\sqrt {2}}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {3}}$
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