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Determine whether each series is absolutely convergent, conditionally convergent, or divergent.$$\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^{k+1}}{k(k+1)}$$
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Step 1: First, we write the series without the alternating piece, which gives us: $$ \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k(k+1)} $$ Show more…
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