Fac Faculty of Engineering-Preparatory Year

Module Title: Calculus 2

Sheet No.: 2
Title: series.
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Problem 1:
For any real number a greater than 1 show that lim n a = 1 .
n →∞

Problem 2:

Discuses the convergence of the following

∞
3n 4n 2 + 2n + 3
∞
(1) ∑
n =1 5n − 1
(2) ∑
n =1 3n 2 + 4
∞ ∞
1 3n 4 2 n +6
(3) ∑ (1 + ) (4) ∑ (1 + )
n =1 n n =1 n

Problem 3:

Discuses the convergence of the following by using the comparison test

∞ ∞
1 1
(1) ∑ 4n
n =1
2
−1
(2) ∑ n =1 n (2n + 5)
∞
n +3 ∞
n
(3) ∑
n =1 n + 5n + 4 n + 5
4 2
(4) ∑n +4
n =1

∞
n2 + 3 n 5 + 4n 3 + 1
∞
(5) ∑ 3 (6) ∑
n =1 5n − 1 n =1 2n + n + 2
8 4

Problem 4:

Discuses the convergence of the following by using the ratio test

∞ ∞
n 1
(1) ∑
n =1 3
n
(2) ∑ n!
n =1
∞ ∞
1 n!
(3) ∑ n
(4) ∑4 n +3
n =1 n 2 n =1
Problem 5:

∞ ∞
1
Prove that if the series ∑ an is convergent then
n =1
∑a
n =1
is divergent.
n

Problem 6:

Find the sum of the following

∞ ∞
1 3
(1) ∑
n =1
3( ) n −1
4
(2) ∑ 7( 5 )
n =1
n −1

Problem 7:

A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 10 meters. If it rebounds one-half the

distance after each fall, use the geometric series to approximate the total distance the
ball travels before coming to rest.