Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Power Series - 9.4 Working with Taylor Series - 9.4 Exercises - Page 703: 61

Answer

$\dfrac{-3x^2}{(3+x)^2}$

Work Step by Step

The power series of $(1+x)^{-2}$ can be written as: $1-2x+3x^2-4x^3+......=\Sigma_{k=0}^{\infty} (-1)^k (k+1)x^k$ Replace $x$ by $\dfrac{x}{3}$ in the above series to obtain: $\Sigma_{k=0}^{\infty} (-1)^k \dfrac{kx^{k+1}}{3^k}=-\dfrac{x^2}{3} (1+\dfrac{x}{3})^{-2}$ Therefore, the function represented by the power series is: $-\dfrac{x^2}{3} (1+\dfrac{x}{3})^{-2}=\dfrac{-3x^2}{(3+x)^2}$
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