Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.8 - Power Series - 11.8 Exercises - Page 751: 16

Answer

$R=2$ ; the interval of convergence is $(-1,3]$

Work Step by Step

$\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}|\frac{a_{n+1}}{a_{n}}|=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}|\dfrac{\dfrac{(x-1)^{n+1}}{(2(n+1)-1)2^{n+1}}}{(x-1)^{n}/(2n-1)2^{n}}|$ $=\frac{x-1}{2}$ Hence, $R=2$ ; the interval of convergence is $(-1,3]$
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