Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 10: Infinite Sequences and Series - Section 10.2 - Infinite Series - Exercises 10.2 - Page 579: 36

Answer

converge to $3$

Work Step by Step

The nth partial sums are: $ s_n=(\dfrac{3}{1}-\dfrac{3}{4}) +(\dfrac{3}{4}-\dfrac{3}{9})+.....+(\dfrac{3}{n^2}-\dfrac{3}{(n+1)^2})=3-\dfrac{3}{(n+1)^2}$ Now, apply limits, we have $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} s_n=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} 3- \lim\limits_{n \to \infty}[\dfrac{3}{(n+1)^2}]=3$ and when $n \to \infty$, then $s_n \to 3$. Thus, the series converges to $3$
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