JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Sequence & Series Question Bank Exponential series

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    \[\frac{2}{3\,!}+\frac{4}{5\,!}+\frac{6}{7\,!}+......\infty =\]   [MNR 1979; MP PET 1995, 2002; Pb. CET 2002]

    A) \[e\]

    B) \[2\,e\]

    C) \[{{e}^{2}}\]

    D) \[1/e\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[S=\frac{2}{3\ !}+\frac{4}{5\ !}+\frac{6}{7\ !}+......+\frac{2n}{(2n+1)\ !}+......\] Here \[{{T}_{n}}=\frac{(2n+1)-1}{(2n+1)\ !}=\frac{1}{(2n)\ !}-\frac{1}{(2n+1)\ !}\] \[\Rightarrow S=\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{{{T}_{n}}}=\left( \frac{1}{2\ !}+\frac{1}{4\ !}+\frac{1}{6\ !}+... \right)\]\[-\left( \frac{1}{3\ !}+\frac{1}{5\ !}+\frac{1}{7\ !}+..... \right)\]       \[=\left( \frac{e+{{e}^{-1}}}{2}-1 \right)-\left( \frac{e-{{e}^{-1}}}{2}-1 \right)={{e}^{-1}}=\frac{1}{e}\].


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