JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main - Mock Test - 25

  • question_answer
    The sum to infinity of the series \[1+\frac{2}{3}+\frac{6}{{{3}^{2}}}+\frac{10}{{{3}^{3}}}+\frac{14}{{{3}^{4}}}+....\] is

    A) 2                     

    B) 3     

    C) 4                     

    D) 6

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b]: Let \[S=1+\frac{2}{3}+\frac{6}{{{3}^{2}}}+\frac{10}{{{3}^{3}}}+\frac{14}{{{3}^{4}}}+....\infty \] \[\Rightarrow \]\[S-1=\frac{2}{3}+\frac{6}{{{3}^{2}}}+\frac{10}{{{3}^{3}}}+\frac{14}{{{3}^{4}}}+....\infty \]            ?(i) \[\Rightarrow \]\[(S-1)\times \frac{1}{3}=\frac{2}{{{3}^{2}}}+\frac{6}{{{3}^{3}}}+\frac{10}{{{3}^{4}}}+\frac{14}{{{3}^{5}}}+....\infty \]?(ii) Subtracting (ii) from (i), we get \[\frac{2}{3}(S-1)=\frac{2}{3}+\frac{4}{{{3}^{2}}}+\frac{4}{{{3}^{3}}}+\frac{4}{{{3}^{4}}}+....\infty \] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{2}{3}(S-1)=\frac{2}{3}+\frac{\frac{4}{{{3}^{2}}}}{1-\frac{1}{3}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{2}{3}(S-1)=\frac{2}{3}+\frac{2}{3}\Rightarrow S=3\].


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