M-I : Practice Problems – 2

2p 3p 4p
1. Show that 1      ....... is convergent for all values of p.
2 3 4
1.2.3....n
2. Test for the convergence of the series :  Ans: Convergent
3.5.7.....( 2n  1)

1.3.5.......(2n  1) n 1
3. Test for convergence of n 1 2.4.6......2n
x ( x  1) Ans: Converges if x<1 and diverges if

x  1.
x x2 x3
4. Test for the convergence of the series 1    ......( x  0) Ans: Converges if x  1 and diverges if
2 5 10
x 1
x 2 n 2
5. Test for the convergence of the series whose n th
term is Ans: Convergent if x 2  1 and
n( n  1)
divergent if x 2  1
2 2.5.8 2.5.8.11
6. Test the convergence of the series    ......... Ans: Convergent.
1 1.5.9 1.5.9.13
1 x 3 1.3 x 5 1.3.5 x 7
7. Find the interval of convergence of the series x     ....... Ans: (1,1 )
2 3 2.4 5 2.4.6 7
 n2
 1 
8. Test the convergence of  1   Ans: Convergent.
 n
2 32 2 (n  1) n n
9. Test the convergence of the series x  x  ........  x  ........(x  0) Ans: Converges if x<1 and
12 23 n n1
diverges if x  1.
1 2 3
 2   33 3   44 4 
10. Show that the series  22  2    3     4    ........ is convergent.
1 1 2 2 3 3

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