JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Sequence & Series Question Bank Geometric Progression

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    The sum of \[n\] terms of the following series \[1+(1+x)+(1+x+{{x}^{2}})+..........\]will be [IIT 1962]

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

    B) \[\frac{x(1-{{x}^{n}})}{1-x}\]

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

    D) None of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[1+(1+x)+(1+x+{{x}^{2}})+...\]+ \[(1+x+{{x}^{2}}+{{x}^{3}}+...+{{x}^{n-1}})+...\] Required sum =\[\frac{1}{(1-x)}\left\{ \,(1-x)+(1-{{x}^{2}})+(1-{{x}^{3}}) \right.\]                                     \[\left. +(1-{{x}^{4}})+..........\text{uptp}\ n\ \text{terms} \right\}\] \[=\frac{1}{(1-x)}[n-\{x+{{x}^{2}}+{{x}^{3}}+..........\text{upto}\ n\ \text{terms }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ }\,]\] \[=\frac{1}{(1-x)}\left[ n-\frac{x(1-{{x}^{n}})}{1-x} \right]=\frac{n(1-x)-x(1-{{x}^{n}})}{{{(1-x)}^{2}}}\].


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