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

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    If   \[{{T}_{n}}=\frac{{{3}^{n}}}{2\,(n\,!)}-\frac{1}{2\,(n\,!)},\] then \[{{S}_{\infty }}=\]

    A) \[\frac{{{e}^{3}}-1}{2}\]

    B) \[\frac{{{e}^{3}}-e}{2}\]

    C) \[\frac{e-3}{2}\]

    D) None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Given that  \[{{T}_{n}}=\frac{1}{2}\left[ \frac{{{3}^{n}}}{n!}-\frac{1}{n!} \right]\] Therefore sum of the series \[\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{{{T}_{n}}=\frac{1}{2}\left[ \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{\,\frac{{{3}^{n}}}{n!}-\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{\,\frac{1}{n!}}} \right]}\]   \[=\frac{1}{2}\left[ \left\{ 1+\frac{3}{1!}+\frac{{{3}^{2}}}{2!}+.... \right\}-\left\{ 1+\frac{1}{1!}+\frac{1}{2!}+.... \right\} \right]\]\[=\frac{1}{2}({{e}^{3}}-e)\].


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