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

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    \[\frac{1}{{{n}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{2{{n}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{3{{n}^{6}}}+......\infty =\]

    A) \[{{\log }_{e}}\left( \frac{{{n}^{2}}}{{{n}^{2}}+1} \right)\]

    B) \[{{\log }_{e}}\left( \frac{{{n}^{2}}+1}{{{n}^{2}}} \right)\]

    C) \[{{\log }_{e}}\left( \frac{{{n}^{2}}}{{{n}^{2}}-1} \right)\]

    D)   None of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[S=\frac{\frac{1}{{{n}^{2}}}}{1}+\frac{{{\left( \frac{1}{{{n}^{2}}} \right)}^{2}}}{2}+\frac{{{\left( \frac{1}{{{n}^{2}}} \right)}^{3}}}{3}+....\]    \[=-{{\log }_{e}}\left( 1-\frac{1}{{{n}^{2}}} \right)={{\log }_{e}}\frac{{{n}^{2}}}{{{n}^{2}}-1}\]. Trick: Putting\[n=2,\]the sum of the series upto 4 terms is \[\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{32}+\frac{1}{192}+\frac{1}{1024}=0.2874\]... and option  =  - 0.223....,  =0.223.....,  =0.2876..... Hence answer is (c).


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