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

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    \[\frac{1}{2}+\frac{3}{2}\,.\,\frac{1}{4}+\frac{5}{3}.\frac{1}{8}+\frac{7}{4}.\frac{1}{16}+.....\infty =\]

    A) \[2-{{\log }_{e}}2\]

    B) \[2+{{\log }_{e}}2\]

    C) \[{{\log }_{e}}4\]

    D) None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[\frac{1}{1}.\frac{1}{2}+\frac{3}{2}.\frac{1}{{{2}^{2}}}+\frac{5}{3}.\frac{1}{{{2}^{3}}}+\frac{7}{4}.\frac{1}{{{2}^{4}}}+.........\]     \[=\left( 2-\frac{1}{1} \right)\frac{1}{2}+\left( 2-\frac{1}{2} \right)\frac{1}{{{2}^{2}}}+\left( 2-\frac{1}{3} \right)\frac{1}{{{2}^{3}}}+\left( 2-\frac{1}{4} \right)\frac{1}{{{2}^{4}}}+..\] \[=2\left\{ \frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{{{2}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{{{2}^{3}}}+........ \right\}-\left\{ \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{1}+\frac{\frac{1}{{{2}^{2}}}}{2}+\frac{\frac{1}{{{2}^{3}}}}{3}+....... \right\}\] \[=\frac{1}{1-\frac{1}{2}}-\left\{ -{{\log }_{e}}\left( 1-\frac{1}{2} \right) \right\}=2-{{\log }_{e}}2\].


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