J & K CET Engineering J and K - CET Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    If \[|a|<1,\] then \[1+2a+3{{a}^{2}}+4{{a}^{3}}+.....\] is equal to

    A)  \[\frac{1}{1-a}\]

    B)  \[\frac{1}{1+a}\]

    C)  \[\frac{1}{1+{{a}^{2}}}\]    

    D)  \[\frac{1}{{{(1-a)}^{2}}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Given series, \[1+2a+3{{a}^{2}}+4{{a}^{3}}+....\] is a arithmetic geometric series. Here, \[{{a}_{1}}=1,\,\,d=1,\,\,r=a\] \[\therefore \] \[{{S}_{\infty }}=\frac{{{a}_{1}}}{1-r}+\frac{d.r}{{{(1-r)}^{2}}}\] \[=\frac{1}{1-a}+\frac{1.a}{{{(1-a)}^{2}}}\] \[=\frac{1}{{{(1-a)}^{2}}}\]


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