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

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    The sum of \[\frac{2}{1\,!}+\frac{6}{2\,!}+\frac{12}{3\,!}+\frac{20}{4\,!}+\].......is [UPSEAT 2000]

    A) \[\frac{3e}{2}\]

    B) \[e\]

    C) \[2e\]

    D) \[3e\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Let \[S=\frac{2}{1!}+\frac{6}{2!}+\frac{12}{3!}+\frac{20}{4!}+.....\] and let \[{{S}_{1}}=2+6+12+20+.....+{{T}_{n}}\] \[{{S}_{1}}=\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,2+6+12+.................{{T}_{n-1}}+{{T}_{n}}\] \[\underline{\overline{0=2+4+6+8+......upto\,\,n\,\,terms-{{T}_{n}}}}\]   \[{{T}_{n}}=2+4+6+8+.......\text{upto }\,\,n\,\,\text{terms}\] Þ \[{{T}_{n}}\]=\[\frac{n}{2}[2\times 2+(n-1)\,2]\]= \[n(2+n-1)=n(n+1)\] \ nth term of given series \[{{T}_{n}}=\frac{n(n+1)}{n!}\text{or }{{T}_{n}}=\frac{n(n+1)}{n(n-1)!}\] or \[{{T}_{n}}=\frac{1}{(n-2)\,!}+\frac{2}{(n-1)!}\] Now, sum = \[\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{\frac{1}{(n-2)!}+2\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{\frac{1}{(n-1)\,!}}}=e+2e=3e\]. 


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