University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321999584
ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 9 - Practice Exercises - Page 552: 19

Answer

$\dfrac{1}{6}$

Work Step by Step

Given: $\Sigma_{n=3}^{\infty}\dfrac{1}{(2n-3)(2n-1)}$ Re-write the given series as: $\Sigma_{n=3}^{\infty}\dfrac{1}{(2n-3)(2n-1)}=\frac{1}{2}\Sigma_{n=3}^{\infty}[\dfrac{1}{2n-3}-\dfrac{1}{2n-1}]$ Apply limits, we get: $\frac{1}{2}\Sigma_{n=3}^{\infty}[\dfrac{1}{2n-3}-\dfrac{1}{2n-1}]=\lim\limits_{m \to \infty}\frac{1}{2}\Sigma_{n=3}^{m}[\dfrac{1}{2n-3}-\dfrac{1}{2n-1}]$ $\lim\limits_{m \to \infty}\frac{1}{2}\Sigma_{n=3}^{m}[\dfrac{1}{2n-3}-\dfrac{1}{2n-1}]=\lim\limits_{m \to \infty}\frac{1}{2}\Sigma_{n=3}^{m}[\dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{2m-1}]$ After simplifications, we get $\lim\limits_{m \to \infty}\frac{1}{2}\Sigma_{n=3}^{m}[\dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{2m-1}]=\dfrac{1}{6}$
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