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

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

    A) \[\frac{x}{1+x}-{{\log }_{e}}(1-x)\]

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

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

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

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

      \[S=\left( 1-\frac{1}{2} \right){{x}^{2}}+\left( 1-\frac{1}{3} \right){{x}^{3}}+\left( 1-\frac{1}{4} \right){{x}^{4}}+............\]\[+\left( 1-\frac{1}{n+1} \right){{x}^{n+1}}+........\infty \] \[=\{{{x}^{2}}+{{x}^{3}}+{{x}^{4}}+.........\}-\left\{ \frac{{{x}^{2}}}{2}+\frac{{{x}^{3}}}{3}+.......... \right\}\] \[=\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{1-x}-\{-{{\log }_{e}}(1-x)-x\}=\frac{x}{1-x}+{{\log }_{e}}(1-x)\].


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