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Chapter 1: Q. 11 (page 87)

Consider the sequence of sums 1, 1 + 2, 1 + 2 + 3, 1 + 2 + 3 + 4, 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5, .... (a) What happens to the terms of this sequence of sums as k gets larger and larger? (b) Find a sufficiently large value of k that will guarantee that every term past the kth term of this sequence of sums is greater than 1000.

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(a) limk→∞ k(k+1)2=∞

(b) 990

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Part (a) Step 1. Given information

Given is the sequence 1, 1 + 2, 1 + 2 + 3, 1 + 2 + 3 + 4, 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5, ....

We have to explain What happens to the terms of this sequence as k gets larger and larger and find a sufficiently large value of k that will guarantee that every term past the kth term of this sequence of sums is greater than 1000.

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Part (a) Step 2. Terms of the sequence

From the sequence, we see that, as k gets larger and large, the terms get larger and larger.

Therefore, in limit expression it can be written as below:

limk→∞ k(k+1)2=∞

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Part (b) Step 1. Value of k

For every k>44, the terms will be :

44(44+1)2=22(45)=990

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