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3^(n-1)/7^n

Sum of series 3^(n-1)/7^n



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  /      n  
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n = 1       
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{3^{n - 1}}{7^{n}}$$
Sum(3^(n - 1)/7^n, (n, 1, oo))
The radius of convergence of the power series
Given number:
$$\frac{3^{n - 1}}{7^{n}}$$
It is a series of species
$$a_{n} \left(c x - x_{0}\right)^{d n}$$
- power series.
The radius of convergence of a power series can be calculated by the formula:
$$R^{d} = \frac{x_{0} + \lim_{n \to \infty} \left|{\frac{a_{n}}{a_{n + 1}}}\right|}{c}$$
In this case
$$a_{n} = 3^{n - 1}$$
and
$$x_{0} = -7$$
,
$$d = -1$$
,
$$c = 0$$
then
$$\frac{1}{R} = \tilde{\infty} \left(-7 + \lim_{n \to \infty}\left(3^{- n} 3^{n - 1}\right)\right)$$
Let's take the limit
we find
False

False

$$R = 0$$
The rate of convergence of the power series
The answer [src]
1/4
$$\frac{1}{4}$$
1/4
Numerical answer [src]
0.250000000000000000000000000000
0.250000000000000000000000000000
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Sum of series 3^(n-1)/7^n

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