JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Sequence & Series Question Bank Arithmetico - Geometric Series, Method of difference

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    The sum of \[1+\frac{2}{5}+\frac{3}{{{5}^{2}}}+\frac{4}{{{5}^{3}}}+...........\]upto \[n\] terms is [MP PET 1982]

    A) \[\frac{25}{16}-\frac{4n+5}{16\times {{5}^{n-1}}}\]

    B) \[\frac{3}{4}-\frac{2n+5}{16\times {{5}^{n+1}}}\]

    C) \[\frac{3}{7}-\frac{3n+5}{16\times {{5}^{n-1}}}\]

    D) \[\frac{1}{2}-\frac{5n+1}{3\times {{5}^{n+2}}}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Given series, let \[{{S}_{n}}=1+\frac{2}{5}+\frac{3}{{{5}^{2}}}+\frac{4}{{{5}^{3}}}+.........+\frac{n}{{{5}^{n-1}}}\]                       \[\frac{1}{5}{{S}_{n}}=\text{   }\frac{1}{5}+\frac{2}{{{5}^{2}}}+\frac{3}{{{5}^{3}}}+.......+\frac{n}{{{5}^{n}}}\] Subtracting, \[\left( 1-\frac{1}{5} \right){{S}_{n}}=1+\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{{{5}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{{{5}^{3}}}+......+\text{upto}\ n\ \text{terms}\ -\frac{n}{{{5}^{n}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{4}{5}{{S}_{n}}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{{{5}^{n}}}}{\frac{4}{5}}-\frac{n}{{{5}^{n}}}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[{{S}_{n}}=\frac{25}{16}-\frac{4n+5}{16\times {{5}^{n-1}}}\].


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