JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Sequence & Series Question Bank nth term of special series, Sum to n terms and Infinite number of terms

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    Sum of first \[n\] terms in the following series \[{{\cot }^{-1}}3+{{\cot }^{-1}}7+{{\cot }^{-1}}13+{{\cot }^{-1}}21+.............\] is given by

    A)    \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{n}{n+2} \right)\]

    B) \[{{\cot }^{-1}}\left( \frac{n+2}{n} \right)\]

    C) \[{{\tan }^{-1}}(n+1)-{{\tan }^{-1}}1\]

    D) All of these

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Let\[S=3+7+13+21+........+{{T}_{n}}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[{{T}_{n}}={{n}^{2}}+n+1\]. Let \[{{T}_{r}}={{\cot }^{-1}}({{r}^{2}}+r+1)={{\tan }^{-1}}(r+1)-{{\tan }^{-1}}r\]. Put \[r=1,\ 2,.........,n\] and add, we get the required sum \[{{\tan }^{-1}}(n+1)-{{\tan }^{-1}}1={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{n}{n+2} \right)={{\cot }^{-1}}\left( \frac{n+2}{n} \right)\].


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