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Calculus: One and Several Variables

Saturnino L. Salas, Garret J. Etgen, Einar Hille

Chapter 12

Infinite Series - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

Sigma Notation

00:47

Problem 1

Evaluate.
$$\sum_{k=0}^{2}(3 k+1)$$

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00:47

Problem 2

Evaluate.
$$\sum_{k=1}^{4}(3 k-1)$$

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00:48

Problem 3

Evaluate.
$$\sum_{k=0}^{3} 2^{k}$$

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01:06

Problem 4

Evaluate.
$$\sum_{k=1}^{4} \frac{1}{2^{k}}$$

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01:35

Problem 5

Evaluate.
$$\sum_{k=0}^{3}(-1)^{k} 2^{k}$$

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00:41

Problem 6

Evaluate.
$$\sum_{k=0}^{3}(-1)^{k} 2^{j \cdot 1}$$

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00:58

Problem 7

Evaluate.
$$\sum_{k=2}^{4} \frac{1}{3^{k-1}}$$

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00:50

Problem 8

Evaluate.
$$\sum_{k=1}^{5} \frac{(-1)^{2}}{k !}$$

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01:21

Problem 9

Evaluate.
$$\sum_{i=0}^{3}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2 k}$$

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01:12

Problem 10

Evaluate.
$$\sum_{k=0}^{3}(-1)^{k}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2 k}$$

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00:52

Problem 11

Express in sigma notation.
$$1+3+5+7 \cdots \cdots+21$$

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00:49

Problem 12

Express in sigma notation.
$$1-3+5-7+\dots-19$$

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00:34

Problem 13

Express in sigma notation.
$$1 \cdot 2+2 \cdot 3+3 \cdot 4+\dots-35 \cdot 36$$

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Problem 14

Express in sigma notation.
$$\text { The lower sum } m_{1} \Delta x_{1}+m_{2} \Delta x_{2}+\cdots+m_{n} \Delta x_{n}$$

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Problem 15

Express in sigma notation.
$$\text { The upper } \operatorname{sum} M_{1} \Delta x_{i}+M_{2} \Delta x_{2}+\cdots+M_{n} \Delta x_{n}$$

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01:17

Problem 16

Express in sigma notation.
$$\text { The Rjemann sum } f\left(x_{i}^{*}\right) \Delta x_{1}+f\left(x_{2}^{*}\right) \Delta x_{2}+\cdots+f\left(x_{n}^{*}\right) \Delta x_{n}$$

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01:03

Problem 17

Write the given sums as $\sum_{k=3}^{10} a_{k}$ and as $\sum_{i=0}^{7} a_{i+3}$
$$\frac{1}{2^{3}}+\frac{1}{2^{4}}-\cdots-\frac{1}{2^{10}}$$

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Problem 18

Write the given sums as $\sum_{k=3}^{10} a_{k}$ and as $\sum_{i=0}^{7} a_{i+3}$
$$\frac{3^{3}}{3 !}+\frac{4^{4}}{4 !}+\cdots+\frac{10^{10}}{10 !}$$

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00:52

Problem 19

Write the given sums as $\sum_{k=3}^{10} a_{k}$ and as $\sum_{i=0}^{7} a_{i+3}$
$$\frac{3}{4}-\frac{4}{5}+\dots-\frac{10}{11}$$

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00:57

Problem 20

Write the given sums as $\sum_{k=3}^{10} a_{k}$ and as $\sum_{i=0}^{7} a_{i+3}$
$$\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{7}+\dots+\frac{1}{17}$$

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01:21

Problem 21

Transform the first expression into the second by a change of indices.
$$\sum_{k=2}^{10} \frac{k}{k^{2}+1} ; \quad \sum_{n=-1}^{7} \frac{n+3}{n^{2}+6 n+10}$$

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01:00

Problem 22

Transform the first expression into the second by a change of indices.
$$\sum_{n=2}^{12} \frac{(-1)^{n}}{n-1} ; \quad \sum_{i=1}^{11} \frac{(-1)^{k+1}}{k}$$

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01:06

Problem 23

Transform the first expression into the second by a change of indices.
$$\sum_{k=4}^{25} \frac{1}{k^{2}-9} ; \quad \sum_{n=7}^{28} \frac{1}{n^{2}-6 n}$$

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01:17

Problem 24

Transform the first expression into the second by a change of indices.
$$\sum_{k=0}^{15} \frac{3^{2 k}}{k !} ; \quad 81 \sum_{x=-2}^{13} \frac{3^{2 n}}{(n+2) !}$$

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00:44

Problem 25

Express the decimal fraction $0 . a_{1} a_{2} \cdots a_{n}$ in sigma notation using powers of $1 / 10$.

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01:23

Problem 26

$$\text { Show that } \sum_{k=1}^{n} \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \geq \sqrt{n}$$

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00:54

Problem 27

Use a graphing utility or CAS to evaluate the sum.
$$\sum_{k=0}^{50} \frac{1}{4^{k}}$$

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01:45

Problem 28

Use a graphing utility or CAS to evaluate the sum.
$$\sum_{k=1}^{50} \frac{1}{k^{2}}$$

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Problem 29

Use a graphing utility or CAS to evaluate the sum.
$$\sum_{k=0}^{50} \frac{1}{k !}$$

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Problem 30

Use a graphing utility or CAS to evaluate the sum.
$$\sum_{k=0}^{50}\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)^{k}$$

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