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First, let us focus on t . By revising our logarithm properties, we know that ln ( 1 0 ) ⋅ lo g ( k ) = ln ( k ) because lo g a ( b ) ⋅ lo g b ( c ) = lo g a ( c ) , so t can be rewritten as t = k = 1 ∑ n ln ( 1 0 ) lo g ( k ) = k = 1 ∑ n ln ( k ) = ln ( n ! ) Now, we can plug t into our main calculation: 1 + n = 1 ∑ ∞ n ! x n ( 1 − ( n − 1 ) ! ( − 1 ) n ) = 1 + n = 1 ∑ ∞ n ! x n − x n ( n − 1 ) ! ( − 1 ) n ) = 1 + n = 1 ∑ ∞ n ! x n − n ( n − 1 ) ! x n ( n − 1 ) ! ( − 1 ) n = 1 + n = 1 ∑ ∞ n ! x n − m = 1 ∑ ∞ m x m ( − 1 ) m = n = 0 ∑ ∞ n ! x n − m = 1 ∑ ∞ m x m ( − 1 ) m We know that the Maclaurin Series of e x is n = 0 ∑ ∞ n ! x n and for ln ( 1 + x ) is − m = 1 ∑ ∞ m x m ( − 1 ) m for ∣ x ∣ < 1 , so our main calculation shrinks down to e x + ln ( 1 + x )
Now we can plug in x = 0 . 5 and we see that the answer is e 0 . 5 + ln ( 1 . 5 ) = 2 . 0 5 4 1 8 6 3 7 8 8 1 …