JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Sequence & Series Question Bank Arithmetico - Geometric Series, Method of difference

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    If \[|x|\,<1\], then the sum of the series \[1+2x+3{{x}^{2}}+4{{x}^{3}}+...........\infty \] will be

    A) \[\frac{1}{1-x}\]

    B) \[\frac{1}{1+x}\]

    C) \[\frac{1}{{{(1+x)}^{2}}}\]

    D) \[\frac{1}{{{(1-x)}^{2}}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    This is an A.G.P. Let \[S=1+2x+3{{x}^{2}}+.......\infty \] \[\Rightarrow \]\[x.S=x+2{{x}^{2}}+........\infty \] Subtracting \[(1-x)S=1+x+{{x}^{2}}+.........\infty =\frac{1}{1-x}\] \[\therefore \]\[S=\frac{1}{{{(1-x)}^{2}}}\]. Aliter : Use \[S=\left[ 1+\frac{r}{1-r}\times \text{diff}\text{.}\ \text{of}\ \text{A}\text{.P}\text{.} \right]\frac{1}{1-r}\].


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