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1 : aubreyja 2584 ## DBsubject('Calculus')
2 :     ## DBchapter('Limits and Derivatives')
3 :     ## DBsection('Definition of the Derivative')
4 :     ## KEYWORDS('calculus', 'derivatives', 'slope')
5 :     ## TitleText1('Calculus: Early Transcendentals')
6 :     ## EditionText1('2')
7 :     ## AuthorText1('Rogawski')
8 :     ## Section1('10.2')
9 :     ## Problem1('42')
10 :     ## Author('Keith Thompson')
11 :     ## Institution('W.H.Freeman')
12 :    
13 :     DOCUMENT();
14 :     loadMacros("PG.pl","PGbasicmacros.pl","PGanswermacros.pl");
15 :     loadMacros("Parser.pl");
16 :     loadMacros("freemanMacros.pl");
17 :     loadMacros("PGauxiliaryFunctions.pl");
18 :     loadMacros("PGgraphmacros.pl");
19 :    
20 :     #$showPartialCorrectAnswers=1;
21 :     Context()->variables->add(n=>'Real');
22 :     $base=random(2,9,1);
23 :     $num=random(2,9,1);
24 :    
25 :     $ans1=$base-$num/100;
26 :     $ans2=$num*(1/9-1/256);
27 :     $ans3=$num/4-$num/9;
28 :     $ans4=Formula("$num*(2*n-1)/((n*(n-1))**2)");
29 :     $ans5=$base;
30 :     Context()->texStrings;
31 :     BEGIN_TEXT
32 :     \{ beginproblem() \}
33 :     \{ textbook_ref_exact("Rogawski ET 2e", "10.2","42") \}
34 :     $PAR
35 :     Let \(S=\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty a_n\) be an infinite series such that \(S_N=$base-\frac{$num}{N^2}\).
36 :     $PAR
37 :     $BBOLD (a) $EBOLD What are the values of \(\sum\limits_{n=1}^{10} a_n\) and \(\sum\limits_{n=4}^{16} a_n\)?
38 :     $BR \(\sum\limits_{n=1}^{10} a_n=\) \{ans_rule()\}
39 :     $BR \(\sum\limits_{n=4}^{16} a_n=\) \{ans_rule()\}
40 :     $PAR
41 :     $BBOLD (b) $EBOLD What is the value of \(a_3\)?
42 :     $BR \(a_3=\) \{ans_rule()\}
43 :     $PAR
44 :     $BBOLD (c) $EBOLD Find a general formula for \(a_n\).
45 :     $BR \(a_n=\) \{ans_rule()\}
46 :     $PAR
47 :     $BBOLD (d) $EBOLD Find the sum \(\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty a_n\).
48 :     $BR \(\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty a_n=\) \{ans_rule()\}
49 :     END_TEXT
50 :    
51 :     Context()->normalStrings;
52 :    
53 :     ANS(Real($ans1)->cmp);
54 :     ANS(Real($ans2)->cmp);
55 :     ANS(Real($ans3)->cmp);
56 :     ANS($ans4->cmp);
57 :     ANS(Real($ans5)->cmp);
58 :     Context()->texStrings;
59 :     SOLUTION(EV3(<<'END_SOLUTION'));
60 :     $PAR
61 :     $SOL
62 :     $BBOLD (a) $EBOLD
63 :     \[\sum_{n=1}^{10} a_n=S_{10}=$base-\frac{$num}{10^2}=$ans1;\]
64 :     \[\sum_{n=4}^{16} a_n=(a_1+\ldots+a_{16})-(a_1+a_2+a_3)=S_{16}-S_3\]
65 :     \[=\left($base-\frac{$num}{16^2}\right)-\left($base-\frac{$num}{3^2}\right)=\frac{$num}{9}-\frac{$num}{256}\approx $ans2.\]
66 :    
67 :     $BBOLD (b) $EBOLD
68 :     \[a_3=(a_1+a_2+a_3)-(a_1+a_2)=S_3-S_2=\]
69 :     \[\left($base-\frac{$num}{3^2}\right)-\left($base-\frac{$num}{2^2}\right)=\frac{$num}{4}-\frac{$num}{9}\approx $ans3.\]
70 :    
71 :     $BBOLD (c) $EBOLD Since \(a_n=S_n-S_{n-1}\), we have:
72 :     \[a_n=S_n-S_{n-1}=\left($base-\frac{$num}{n^2}\right)-\left($base-\frac{$num}{(n-1)^2}\right)=\frac{$num}{(n-1)^2}-\frac{$num}{n^2}\]
73 :     \[=\frac{$num(n^2-(n-1)^2)}{(n(n-1))^2}=\frac{$num(n^2-n^2+2n-1)}{(n(n-1))^2}=\frac{$num(2n-1)}{(n(n-1))^2}.\]
74 :    
75 :     $BBOLD (d) $EBOLD The sum \(\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty a_n\) is the limit of the partial sums \(\{S_N\}\). Hence;
76 :     \[\sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n = \lim_{N\rightarrow \infty} S_N = \lim_{N\rightarrow \infty} \left($base - \frac{$num}{N^2}\right) = $base.\]
77 :    
78 :     END_SOLUTION
79 :     ENDDOCUMENT();

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