Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Power Series - 9.2 Properties of Power Series - 9.2 Exercises - Page 683: 34

Answer

\[\begin{align} & \sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty }{{{\left( -4x \right)}^{k}}} \\ & \left( -\frac{1}{4},\frac{1}{4} \right) \\ \end{align}\]

Work Step by Step

$\begin{align} & f\left( -4x \right)=\frac{1}{1+4x} \\ & \text{Using the geometric series }f\left( u \right)=\frac{1}{1-u}=\sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty }{{{u}^{k}},\text{ for }\left| u \right|<1},\text{ so} \\ & \text{Let }u=-4x \\ & f\left( -4x \right)=\frac{1}{1-\left( -4x \right)} \\ & f\left( 3x \right)=\sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty }{{{\left( -4x \right)}^{k}}} \\ & \text{The series converges for }\left| u \right|<1,\text{ then} \\ & \left| -4x \right|<1 \\ & \text{Solving the inequality} \\ & -1<-4x<1 \\ & \frac{1}{4}>x>-\frac{1}{4} \\ & or \\ & -\frac{1}{4}
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