Question 15

Calculus Level 3

3 4 + 5 36 + 7 144 + 9 400 + 11 900 + = ? \dfrac{3}{4} + \dfrac{5}{36} +\dfrac{7}{144} + \dfrac{9}{400} + \dfrac{11}{900} +\ldots = \ ?

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None of these 13 14 \dfrac{13}{14} 16 17 \dfrac{16}{17} 14 15 \dfrac{14}{15}

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Tijmen Veltman
Mar 25, 2015

We can write this sum as:

n = 1 2 n + 1 ( n ( n + 1 ) ) 2 = n = 1 ( n + 1 ) 2 n 2 n 2 ( n + 1 ) 2 = n = 1 1 n 2 1 ( n + 1 ) 2 . \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{2n+1}{(n(n+1))^2} = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{(n+1)^2-n^2}{n^2(n+1)^2} = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac1{n^2}-\frac1{(n+1)^2}.

This sum telescopes (i.e. successive terms all cancel each other out), with only 1 1 2 = 1 \frac1{1^2}=1 remaining. Hence the sum is 1 1 , and the answer is None of these \boxed{\text{None of these}} .

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