JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Sequence & Series Question Bank Exponential series

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    \[1+\frac{{{2}^{3}}}{2\,!}+\frac{{{3}^{3}}}{3\,!}+\frac{{{4}^{3}}}{4\,!}+....\infty \] =  [MNR 1976; MP PET 1997]

    A) \[2\,e\]

    B) \[3\,e\]

    C) \[4\,e\]

    D) \[5\,e\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[S=\frac{{{1}^{3}}}{1\,!}+\frac{{{2}^{3}}}{2\ !}+\frac{{{3}^{3}}}{3\ !}+........+\frac{{{n}^{3}}}{n\ !}+......\] Here \[{{T}_{n}}=\frac{{{n}^{3}}}{n\ !}=\frac{{{n}^{2}}}{(n-1)\ !}=\frac{{{n}^{2}}-1}{(n-1)\ !}+\frac{1}{(n-1)\ !}\]            \[=\frac{n+1}{(n-2)\ !}+\frac{1}{(n-1)\ !}=\frac{n}{(n-2)\ !}+\frac{1}{(n-2)\ !}+\frac{1}{(n-1)\ !}\]           \[=\frac{n-2}{(n-2)\ !}+\frac{2}{(n-2)\ !}+\frac{1}{(n-2)\ !}+\frac{1}{(n-1)\ !}\]                    \[=\frac{1}{(n-3)\ !}+\frac{3}{(n-2)\ !}+\frac{1}{(n-1)\ !}\] Hence, sum = \[\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{\frac{1}{(n-3)\,!}}+3\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{\frac{1}{(n-2)\,!}}+\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{\frac{1}{(n-1)\,!}}\]                     = \[e+3e+e=5e\].


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