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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    The value of  \[\frac{1}{(1+a)(2+a)}+\frac{1}{(2+a)(3+a)}\] \[\frac{1}{(3+a)(4+a)}\]+ ..... +\[\infty \] is, (where a is a constant) [AMU 2005]

    A) \[\frac{1}{1+a}\]

    B) \[\frac{2}{1+a}\]

    C) \[\infty \]

    D) None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[\frac{1}{(1+a)(2+a)}\] \[+\frac{1}{(2+a)(3+a)}+\frac{1}{(3+a)(4+a)}+.....+\infty \] n th term of series \[{{T}_{n}}\]\[=\frac{1}{(n+a)(n+1+a)}\]\[=\frac{1}{n+a}-\frac{1}{n+1+a}\] \[{{T}_{1}}=\frac{1}{1+a}-\frac{1}{2+a}\];\[{{T}_{2}}=\frac{1}{2+a}-\frac{1}{3+a}\], \[{{T}_{3}}=\frac{1}{3+a}-\frac{1}{4+a}\] ..................... ..................... \[{{T}_{n-1}}=\frac{1}{n-1+a}-\frac{1}{n+a}\], \[{{T}_{n}}=\frac{1}{n+a}-\frac{1}{n+1+a}\] \\[{{S}_{n}}={{T}_{1}}+{{T}_{2}}+{{T}_{3}}+......+{{T}_{n}}\]         \[=\frac{1}{1+a}-\frac{1}{n+1+a}\]\[=\frac{n}{(1+a)(n+1+a)}\]     \[{{S}_{n}}=\frac{1}{(1+a)\left( 1+\frac{1}{n}+\frac{a}{n} \right)}\]     \[{{S}_{\infty }}={{S}_{n}}\], when \[n\to \infty \] \ \[{{S}_{\infty }}\]\[=\frac{1}{(1+a)}\].


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