Sequence And Series Question 513

Question: $ \frac{1}{2,!}+\frac{1+2}{3,!}+\frac{1+2+3}{4,!}+……\infty = $

[EAMCET 2003]

Options:

A) $ e $

B) $ 2,e $

C) e/2

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

$ S=\frac{1}{2,!}+\frac{1+2}{3,!}+\frac{1+2+3}{4,!}+….\infty $ Here $ T_{n}=\frac{1+2+……+n}{(n+1)\ !}=\frac{\frac{n}{2}(n+1)}{(n+1)\ !}=\frac{1}{2(n-1)\ !} $
$ \Rightarrow S=\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{T_{n}=\frac{1}{2}}\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty }{\frac{1}{(n-1)\ !}=\frac{1}{2}e} $ .