JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Sequence & Series Question Bank nth term of special series, Sum to n terms and Infinite number of terms

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    If \[\frac{1}{{{1}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{2}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{3}^{4}}}+.....+\infty =\frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{90}\], then the value of \[\frac{1}{{{1}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{3}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{5}^{4}}}+.....\infty \]is [AMU 2005]

    A) \[\frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{96}\]

    B) \[\frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{45}\]

    C) \[\frac{89}{90}{{\pi }^{4}}\]

    D) None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[\frac{1}{{{1}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{2}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{3}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{4}^{4}}}+.....\infty \]\[=\frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{90}\] \[\frac{1}{{{1}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{3}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{5}^{4}}}+...+\infty +\frac{1}{{{2}^{4}}}\left( \frac{1}{{{1}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{2}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{3}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{4}^{4}}}+...\infty  \right)\] \[=\frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{90}\] \[\frac{1}{{{1}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{3}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{5}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{7}^{4}}}+......+\infty \]\[+\frac{1}{16}\times \frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{90}=\frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{90}\] \ \[\frac{1}{{{1}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{3}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{5}^{4}}}+\frac{1}{{{7}^{4}}}+.....+\infty \]\[=\frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{90}-\frac{1}{16}\left( \frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{90} \right)\]                                                     \[=\frac{15}{16}\left( \frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{90} \right)=\frac{{{\pi }^{4}}}{96}\].


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