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Chapter 7 Sequences: Try These 7.1
Chapter 7 Sequences: Try These 7.1
Chapter 7 Sequences: Try These 7.1
Chapter 7 Sequences
(a) un= 4n + 3
u1= 4 + 3 = 7
u2= 4(2) + 3 = 11
u3= 4(3) + 3 = 15
u4= 4(4) + 3 = 19
u5= 4(5) + 3 = 23
u6= 4(6) + 3 = 27
n
(b) un =
n+2
1 1
=
u1 =
1+ 2 3
2 1
=
u2 =
2+2 2
3
u3 =
5
4 2
u4= =
6 3
5
u5 =
7
6 3
u6= =
8 4
1 1 3 2 5 3
First six terms are: , , , , ,
3 2 5 3 7 4
(−1) n
(c) un =
3(n + 1)
1
u1 = −
6
(−1) 2 1
=u2 =
3(2 + 1) 9
(−1)3 1
u3 = = −
3(3 + 1) 12
(−1) 4 1
=u4 =
3(4 + 1) 15
(−1)5 1
u5 = = −
3(5 + 1) 18
(−1)6 1
=u6 =
3(6 + 1) 21
−1 1 −1 1 −1 1
First six terms are: , , , , ,
6 9 12 15 18 21
Un = 3n + 3
1 1 1 1
(b) , , , ,...
3(7) 5(11) 7(15) 9(19)
1
un =
(2n + 1)(4n + 3)
un = 3 n
2n
=
(a) un +1 = , u1 1
un
2
u=
2 = 2
u1
22 4
u3= = = 2
u2 2
23 8
u4= = = 4
u3 2
24 16
u=
5 = = 4
u4 4
(b) un = 3un −1 − 2, u1 = 4
u2 = 3u1 − 2 = 3(4) − 2 = 10
u4 = 3u3 − 2= 3(28) − 2= 82
n+2
=
(c) un +1 = , u1 1
3un + 1
1+ 2 3 3
=
u2 = =
3u1 + 1 3 + 1 4
2+2 4 16
=u3 = =
3u2 + 1 3 13
3 +1
4
3+ 2 5 65
=u4 = =
3u3 + 1 16 61
3 +1
13
4+2 6 183
=u5 = =
3u4 + 1 65 128
3 +1
61
3 16 65 183
∴ First five terms are: 1, , , ,
4 13 61 128
n
8
(a) un = 1 +
9
n
8
n → ∞, → 0
9
∴ lim un =
1
x →∞
n 2 − 3n + 6
(b) un =
2n 2 + 5
3 6
1− +
lim un = lim n n2 = 1
n →∞ n →∞ 5 2
2+
n
1
Hence the sequence converges to
2
n3
(c) un =
6n 2 + 1
1
=
lim un lim →∞
n →∞ n →∞ 6 1
+
n n3
Hence the sequence diverges
Exercise 7A
1 un = 2n + 1
u1 = 2(1) + 1 = 3
u2 = 2(2) + 1 = 5
u3 = 2(3) + 1 = 7
u4 = 2(4) + 1 = 9
u5 = 2(5) + 1 = 11
Terms are: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
2 u n = n2 + 3
u1 = (1)2 + 3 = 4
u2 = (2)2 + 3 = 7
u3 = (3)2 + 3 = 12
u4 = (4)2 + 3 = 19
u5 = (5)2 + 3 = 28
n −1
3 un =
n
1−1
=
u1 = 0
1
2 −1 1
=
u2 =
2 2
3 −1 2
=
u3 =
3 3
4 −1 3
=
u4 =
4 4
5 −1 4
=
u5 =
5 5
1 2 3 4
Terms are: 0, , , ,
2 3 4 5
n
5
4 un =
4
5
u1 =
4
2
5 25
=
u2 =
4 16
3
5 125
=
u3 =
4 64
4
5 625
=
u4 =
4 256
5
5 3125
=
u5 =
4 1024
u2 = (–1)2 (4 –1) = 3
u3 = (–1)3 (6 – 1) = –5
u4 = (–1)4 (8 – 1) = 7
u5 = (–1)5 (10 – 1) = –9
2n
6 un =
n
21
=
u1 = 2
1
22
=
u2 = 2
2
23 8
=
u3 =
3 3
24
=
u4 = 4
4
2 5 32
=
u5 =
5 5
8 32
Terms are: 2, 2, , 4,
3 5
n2
7 un =
en
12 1
u=1 =
e1 e
22 4
u=
2 =
e2 e2
32 9
u=
3 =
e3 e3
4 2 16
=
u4 =
e4 e4
52 25
u=
5 =
e5 e5
1 4 9 16 25
Terms are: , , , ,
e e2 e3 e4 e5
3n
8 un =
2 +1
n
3(1) 3
u1= = = 1
21 + 1 3
3(2) 6
=u2 =
22 + 1 5
3(3) 9
u= = = 1
23 + 1 9
3
3(4) 12
=u4 =
2 4 + 1 17
3(5) 15
=u5 =
2 5 + 1 33
6 12 15
Terms are: 1, ,1, ,
5 17 33
9 un = ( −1)n + 1 n 3
u1 =
( −1)2 (1)3 =
1
u2 =
( −1)3 (2)3 =
−8
u3 =
( −1)4 (3)3 =
27
u4 =
(−1)5 (4)3 =
− 64
u5 =
( −1)6 (5)3 =
125
1 1 1 1
10 , , , ,…
2(1) 2(2) 2(3) 2(4)
1
un =
2n
1
11 un =
2n
1
12 un =
n +1
13 un = (–1)n + 1
un = (2n – 1) (–1)n + 1
1 1 1 1 1
15 , , , , …
4 × 5 7 × 9 10 × 13 13 × 17 16 × 21
1
un =
(3n + 1) (4n + 1)
2 4 8 16
16 , , , ,…
5 25 125 625
1 2 3 4
2 2 2 2
, , , , …
5 5 5 5
n
2
un =
5
un = (2n + 3) (3n + 5)
un = n!
un = (–)n + 1 2n + 2
20 un = 2 + 4un – 1, u1 = 3
u2 = 2 + 4u1 = 2 + 4(3) = 14
u3 = 2 + 4u2 = 2 + 4(14) = 58
21 un = 4n + 2un – 1, u1 = 1
u2 = 4(2) + 2u1 = 8 + 2 = 10
Terms are: 1, 2, 2, 4
23 un + 1 = un + d, u1 = a
u 2 = u1 + d = a + d
u3 = u2 + d = a + d + d = a + 2d
u4 = u3 + d = a + 2d + d = a + 3d
1
24 un =
− 3un − 1 , u1 =
3
1
u2 =
− 3u1 =
−3 =
−1
3
u3 =− 3u2 =− 3 (−1) =3
u4 =
− 3u3 =
− 3 (3) =
−9
1
Terms are: , −1, 3, − 9
3
25 un = (n – 1) – un – 1, u1 = 5
u2 = (2 – 1) – u1 = 1 – 5 = –4
u3 = (3 – 1) – u2 = 2 – (–4) = 6
u4 = (4 – 1) – u3 = 3 – 6 = –3
26 un = 3 + 2 + un −1 , u1 = 1
u2 = 3 + 2 + u1 = 3+ 3= 2 3
u3 = 3 + 2 + u2 = 3 + 2 + 2 3
u4 = 3 + 2 + u3 = 3 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 3
Terms are: 1, 2 3, 3 + 2 + 2 3, 3, + 4 + 2 3
2un − 1
=
27 un = , u1 2
n+2
2u1 2(2)
=
u2 = = 1
2+2 4
2u2 2(1) 2
=
u3 = =
3+ 2 5 5
2
2
=
2u3
u4 = 5 2
=
4+2 6 15
2 2
Terms are: 2, 1, ,
5 15
3un − 1
=
28 un = , u1 1
2n + 1
3u1 3
=u2 =
2(2) + 1 5
3
3
=u3
3u2
= = 5 9
2(3) + 1 7 35
9
3
=u4 =
3u3
= 35 3
2(4) + 1 9 35
3 9 3
Terms are: 1, , ,
5 35 35
5un − 1
=
29 un = , u1 4
n2
5u1 5(4)
=
u2 = = 5
22 4
5u2 5(5) 25
=
u3 = =
32 9 9
25
5
=
5u3
u4 = 9= 125
2
4 16 144
25 125
Terms are: 4, 5, ,
9 144
4n + 3
30 un =
2n − 1
4n + 3
lim un = lim
n→∞ n→∞ 2n − 1
3
4+
= lim n
n→∞ 1
2−
n
4
= = 2
2
Converges to 2
3n − 5
31 lim un = lim
n→∞ n → ∞ 6n + 7
5
3−
n
= lim
n→∞ 7
6 +
n
3 1
= =
6 2
1
Converges to
2
n 2 + 4n + 1
32 un =
2n2 + 3
n 2 + 4 n + 1
lim un = lim
n→∞ n→∞ 2n 2 + 3
4 1
1 + n + n2
= lim
2 + 32
n→∞
n
1
=
2
1
Converges to
2
6n2 + 5
33 un =
n+2
6n 2 + 5
lim un = lim
n→∞ n→∞
n+2
5
6 + n2
= lim
1 + 22
n→∞
n n
→∞
Diverges
n 3 − 3n + 4
34 un =
n2 − n + 6
n3 − 3n + 4
lim un = lim 2
n→∞ n→∞ n − n + 6
3 4
1 − n 2 + n3
= lim
1 − 12 + 63
n→∞
n n n
→∞
Diverges
n
2
35 un =
3
n
2
lim un = lim
n→∞ n → ∞ 3
=0
Converges to 0
n
7
36 un = 1 +
9
7 n
=
lim un lim 1 +
n→∞
n→∞
9
n
7
= 1 + lim
n → ∞ 9
=1
∴ Converges to 1
2
(ln n)
37 un =
n
2
(ln n)
lim un = lim
n→∞ n→∞ n
2/n 2
= =
1 n
=0
Converges to 0
6n − 1
38 lim un = lim
n→∞ n → ∞ 5n + 2
6n − 1
= lim
n → ∞ 5n + 2
1
6− n
= lim
n→∞
5 + 2
n
6
=
5
6
Converges to
5
1 − n3
39 lim un = lim
n→∞ n → ∞ 2 + 3n 2
1
3
−1
= lim n
n→∞
2 3
+
n3 n
→∞
∴ Diverges.
40 un + 1 un= 4(–1)n, u1 = 2
un + 2 un + 1 = 4(–1)n + 1
4(−1)n
un +1 =
un
4(−1) n
∴ un +2 =4(−1) n + 1
n
u
un [ 4 (−1) n + 1 ]
⇒ un + 2 =
4 (−1) n
un + 2 = un(–1) = –un
−4
When n =
1, u2 u1 =−
4( 1)n ⇒ u2 = = −2
2
Since un + 2 = −un
u3 = –u1 = –2
u4 = –u2 = 2
u5 = –u3 = 2
3
41 un + 1 =
un − 5
3
u2 =
u1 − 5
3
4u1 =
u1 − 5
4u1 (u1 – 5) = 3
4u12 – 20u1 – 3 = 0
20 ± 400 − 4(4)(−3)
u1 =
2(4)
20 ± 448
=
8
20 ± 8 7
=
8
5
= ± 7
2