Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Power Series - 9.4 Working with Taylor Series - 9.4 Exercises - Page 703: 56

Answer

$(1+\dfrac{x}{3})^{-1}=\dfrac{3}{3+x}$

Work Step by Step

The power series of $(1+x)^{-1}$ can be written as: $1-x+x^2-x^3+......=\Sigma_{k=0}^{\infty} (-1)^k x^k$ Replace $x$ by $\dfrac{x}{3}$ in the above series to obtain: $\Sigma_{k=0}^{\infty} (-1)^k \dfrac{x^k}{3^k}= (1+\dfrac{x}{3})^{-1}$ Therefore, the function represented by the power series is: $(1+\dfrac{x}{3})^{-1}=\dfrac{3}{3+x}$
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