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

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    \[\frac{x-1}{(x+1)}+\frac{1}{2}\,.\,\frac{{{x}^{2}}-1}{{{(x+1)}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{3}\,.\,\frac{{{x}^{3}}-1}{{{(x+1)}^{3}}}+......\infty =\]

    A) \[{{\log }_{e}}x\]

    B) \[{{\log }_{e}}(1+x)\]

    C) \[{{\log }_{e}}(1-x)\]

    D) \[{{\log }_{e}}\frac{x}{1+x}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[S=\left\{ \frac{x}{x+1}+\frac{{{\left( \frac{x}{x+1} \right)}^{2}}}{2}+\frac{{{\left( \frac{x}{x+1} \right)}^{3}}}{3}+.........\infty  \right\}\]\[-\left\{ \frac{1}{x+1}+\frac{{{\left( \frac{1}{x+1} \right)}^{2}}}{2}+\frac{{{\left( \frac{1}{x+1} \right)}^{3}}}{3}+........\infty  \right\}\] \[=-{{\log }_{e}}\left( 1-\frac{x}{x+1} \right)-\left\{ -{{\log }_{e}}\left( 1-\frac{1}{x+1} \right) \right\}\] \[=-{{\log }_{e}}\frac{1}{x+1}+{{\log }_{e}}\frac{x}{x+1}={{\log }_{e}}x\]. Trick:  Put \[x=2\] and check..


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