CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2004

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    The sum to n terms of the series\[1+(1+3)+(1+3+9)+(1+3+9+27)+...\]is:

    A)  \[\frac{3({{3}^{n}}-1)}{4}-1\]                     

    B)  \[\frac{3({{3}^{n}}-1)-2n}{4}\]

    C)  \[\frac{3({{3}^{n}}-1)-n}{4}\]    

    D)         \[\frac{2n-3({{3}^{n}}-1)}{4}\]

    E)  \[\frac{3({{3}^{n}}-1)-n}{2}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[{{T}_{n}}=1+3+9+27+...n\,\,term\] \[=1+3+{{3}^{2}}+{{3}^{3}}+...n\,\,term\] \[=1.\frac{({{3}^{n}}-1)}{3-1}=\frac{{{3}^{n}}-1}{2}\] \[\therefore \]  \[S=\Sigma {{T}_{n}}=\frac{1}{2}\Sigma {{3}^{n}}-\frac{1}{2}\Sigma 1\]                 \[=\frac{1}{2}[3+{{3}^{2}}+{{3}^{3}}+....+{{3}^{n}}]-\frac{n}{2}\]                 \[=\frac{1}{2}\left[ \frac{3.({{3}^{n}}-1)}{3-1} \right]-\frac{n}{2}=\frac{3({{3}^{n}}-1)-2n}{4}\]


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