Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Further Topics in Algebra - 11.1 Sequences and Series - 11.1 Exercises - Page 1014: 40

Answer

$\dfrac {87}{60}$

Work Step by Step

$\sum ^{5}_{i=1}\left( i+1\right) ^{-1}=\dfrac {1}{1+1}+\dfrac {1}{2+1}+\dfrac {1}{3+1}+\dfrac {1}{4+1}+\dfrac {1}{5+1}=\dfrac {1}{2}+\dfrac {1}{3}+\dfrac {1}{4}+\dfrac {1}{5}+\dfrac {1}{6}=\dfrac {87}{60}$
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