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6 (Picture) CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT SERIES PLEASE HELP!!

6 (Picture) CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT SERIES PLEASE HELP!!-example-1
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Answer:

The progression is Option A. convergent.

Explanation:

The given series is(
-(8)/(5)+(32)/(25)-(128)/(125)+......)

=
(-(8)/(5))(1-(4)/(5)+((4)/(5))^(2)-.....)

Now we can write this series as
\sum_(n=0)^(n=\oe)(-(8)/(5))(-(4)/(5))^(n)

In this expression common ration is 4/5= 0.8

As we know that in geometric progression if common factor is less than one then the progression converges.

Therefore we can say that this progression is convergent.

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