Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 12 - Section 12.1 - Sequences and Summation Notation - 12.1 Exercises - Page 851: 43

Answer

$S_{n}=1-\left( \dfrac {1}{3}\right) ^{n}$ $\Rightarrow S_{1}=\dfrac {2}{3}$ $\Rightarrow S_{2}=\dfrac {8}{9}$ $\Rightarrow S_{3}=\dfrac {26}{27}$ $\Rightarrow S_{4}=\dfrac {80}{81}$

Work Step by Step

This is geometric sequence $r=\dfrac {1}{3}$ $a_{1}=\dfrac {2}{3^{1}}=\dfrac {2}{3}$ $$S_{n}=\dfrac {a_{1}\left( 1-r^{n}\right) }{1-r}=\dfrac {\dfrac {2}{3}\left( 1-\left( \dfrac {1}{3}\right) ^{n}\right) }{1-\dfrac {1}{3}}=1-\left( \dfrac {1}{3}\right) ^{n}$$ $\Rightarrow S_{1}=1-\left( \dfrac {1}{3}\right) ^{1}=\dfrac {2}{3}$ $\Rightarrow S_{2}=1-\left( \dfrac {1}{3}\right) ^{2}=\dfrac {8}{9}$ $\Rightarrow S_{3}=1-\left( \dfrac {1}{3}\right) ^{3}=\dfrac {26}{27}$ $\Rightarrow S_{4}=1-\left( \dfrac {1}{3}\right) ^{4}=\dfrac {80}{81}$
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