CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2002

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    The sum of infinite terms of the geometric progression\[\frac{\sqrt{2}+1}{\sqrt{2}-1},\frac{1}{2-\sqrt{2}}=\frac{1}{2},....\]is:

    A)  \[\sqrt{2}{{(\sqrt{2}+1)}^{2}}\]                

    B)                         \[{{(\sqrt{2}+1)}^{2}}\]

    C)                         \[5\sqrt{2}\]                     

    D)                         \[3\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{5}\]

    E)                         \[0\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    In the given series \[a=\frac{\sqrt{2}+1}{\sqrt{2}-1}\] and        \[r=\frac{1}{2+\sqrt{2}}=\frac{2-\sqrt{2}}{2}\] \[\therefore \]  \[{{S}_{\infty }}=\frac{a}{1-r}=\frac{\frac{\sqrt{2}+1}{\sqrt{2}-1}}{1-\frac{2-\sqrt{2}}{2}}\]                 \[=\frac{\frac{\sqrt{2}+1}{\sqrt{2}-1}}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}}\] \[=\frac{2+\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}-1}\times \frac{\sqrt{2}+1}{\sqrt{2}+1}=\sqrt{2}(3+2\sqrt{2})\] \[=\sqrt{2}{{(\sqrt{2}+1)}^{2}}\]


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