MATH 201 Exam 1, Spring 2020
American University of Beirut · Calculus and Analytical Geometry III · 1 page
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Math 201—Exam 1 (Spring 19) Profs. R. Aoun, B. Shayya, and T. Tlas
e Please write your section number on your booklet.
e Please place your student ID card on the desk in front of you.
e Please answer each problem on the indicated page(s) of the booklet. Any part of your answer
not written on the indicated page(s) will not be graded.
e Unjustified answers will receive little or no credit.
Problem 1 (answer on pages 1 and 2 of the booklet.)
(8 pts each) Which of the following sequences converge, and which diverge? Find the limit of each
convergent sequence.
(i) a, =(n 41)" (ii) b, = (iii) c= (1 +8in =)"
Problem 2 (answer on pages 3, 4, and 5 of the booklet.)
(8 pts each) Which of the following series converge, and which diverge? When possible, find the
sum of the series.
(a) Date (GE + $2") 0) Sess
1 (2")(m1)(nt)
(c) =, (Ps (d) es (si it givtn+3))
Problem 3 (answer'on pages 6 and 7 of the booklet.)
Consider the power series
al n
F(z) = =e
n=1
(i) (16 pts) Find the radius and interval of convergence of F(x).
{ii) (8 pts) Use the alternating series estimation theorem {(ASET) to estimate F(2) with an er-
ror of magnitude less than 0.25. Is your answer an over-estimate or an under-estimate? (Hint:
In4 = 21n2.)
Problem 4 (answer on pages 8 and 9 of tle booklet.)
(i) (12 pts) Use the integral test to prove that the p-series
Pai hy By op
Le ga Spt gp
diverges if 0 < p < 1, and converges if p > 1.
(ii) (8 pts) Prove that
=e!
pk (>: 5) =k