Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Sequences and Infinite Series - 8.4 The Divergence and Integral Tests - 8.4 Exercises - Page 638: 47

Answer

$\dfrac{113}{30}$

Work Step by Step

Re-write the given infinite series $\Sigma_{k=1}^{\infty} [\dfrac{1}{3} (\dfrac{5}{6})^{k}+\dfrac{3}{5}(\dfrac{7}{9})^{k}]$ as $\dfrac{1}{3} \Sigma_{k=1}^{\infty} (\dfrac{5}{6})^{k}+\dfrac{3}{5} \Sigma_{k=1}^{\infty} (\dfrac{7}{9})^{k}]$ Here, we can see that the series $\dfrac{1}{3} \Sigma_{k=1}^{\infty} (\dfrac{5}{6})^{k}+\dfrac{3}{5} \Sigma_{k=1}^{\infty} (\dfrac{7}{9})^{k}]$ shows a geometric series with common ratio $r=\dfrac{5}{6}\lt 1$ and $r=\dfrac{7}{9} \lt 1$. So, the series is convergent. whose sum can be computed as: $\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty} ar^n =a+ar+ar^2+ar^3+.....=\dfrac{a}{1-r}$ Now, $\dfrac{1}{3} \Sigma_{k=1}^{\infty} (\dfrac{5}{6})^{k}+\dfrac{3}{5} \Sigma_{k=1}^{\infty} (\dfrac{7}{9})^{k}]=\dfrac{1}{3} \times \dfrac{5/6}{1-\dfrac{5}{6}}+\dfrac{3}{5} \times \dfrac{7/9}{1-\dfrac{7}{9}} \\= \dfrac{5}{3}+ \dfrac{21}{10}\\=\dfrac{113}{30}$
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