Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32194-734-5

Chapter 8 - Sequences and Infinite Series - 8.6 Alternating Series - 8.6 Exercises - Page 658: 63

Answer

$\dfrac{3}{2} \ln (2)=1+\dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{5}+\dfrac{1}{7}-\dfrac{1}{4}+.....$

Work Step by Step

We have $\ln (2)=1-\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{4}+.... ~~~~~(a)$ and $\dfrac{1}{2}\ln (2)=\dfrac{1}{2}(1-\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{4}+....) ~~~~~(b)$ or, $\dfrac{1}{2}\ln (2)=\dfrac{1}{2}-\dfrac{1}{4}+\dfrac{1}{6}-\dfrac{1}{8}+.... ~~~~~(c)$ Next, we will add equations (b) and (c) to obtain: $\dfrac{3}{2} \ln (2)=1+\dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{5}+\dfrac{1}{7}-\dfrac{1}{4}+.....$
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