University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 9 - Questions to Guide Your Review - Page 551: 9

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Let us consider a series $\Sigma_{n=1}^{\infty} a_p=a_1+a_2+....+a_n+....a_p$ this will be equal to $\lim\limits_{p \to \infty} a_p$ and $a_p \ne 0$. The nth-term test for divergence for a series can only be used to know if the series is divergent. This test fails when $\lim\limits_{p \to \infty} a_p=0$. So, the nth test does not provide precise information about whether the series is convergent or divergent.
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