MA 124 - Fall 12 - Exam 2A - ANSWERS

1) a) (4 points) True or False:

If lim
k
a
k
= 0 then

k=1
a
k
converges.
b) (6 points) Does the following series converge or diverge ? Explain your answer.

k=1
lnk
k
c) (6 points) Does the following series converge or diverge ? Explain your answer.

k=1
(1)
k
lnk
k
2) (16 points) If the Trapezoid rule T(n) and Simpsons Rule S(n), with n-subintervals,
are used to nd an approximate value of

b
a
f(x) dx
then the errors E
T
and E
S
satisfy the inequalities
E
T
k
(b a)
12
(x)
2
E
S
K
(b a)
180
(x)
4
where |f
(2)
(x)| k on [a, b] and |f
(4)
(x)| K on [a, b] and x = (b a)/n in both cases.
If T(8) and S(8) are used to approximate

1
0
e
x
dx
give upper bounds for E
T
and E
S
using the above formulas.
3) (16 points) Consider the alternating series

k=1
(1)
k
k
p
a) (5 points) For what values of p does the series converge absolutely? Explain your
answer.
b) (6 points) For what values of p does the series converge conditionally? Explain your
answer.
c) (5 points) For what values of p does the series diverge ? Explain your answer.
4) 16 points) Determine whether each of the following sequences converges or diverges.
Show all work necessary to justify your answer.
a)

4
3

b)

n + 1
n

5)
a) (7 points) Does the following series converge or diverge ? Explain your answer.

k=1
sin(1/k)
k
2
b) (9 points) Let
S =

k=1
1
k
2
If the sum S
10
of the rst 10 terms is used to estimate the value of S, nd the upper
bound for the error R
10
given by the integral test.
6) (16 points) Determine whether the following integral converges or diverges. If it con-
verges give the value it converges to.

11
2
1
(x 3)
2/3
dx