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Show that, the sum of an infinite arithmetic progressive sequence with a positive common difference

is +∞

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Show that, the sum of an infinite arithmetic progressive sequence with a positive common difference

is +∞

Explanation:

To show that the sum of an infinite arithmetic progressive sequence with a positive common difference is +∞, we can use the formula for the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence:

Sn = n/2 [2a + (n-1)d]

where a is the first term, d is the common difference, and n is the number of terms in the sequence.

Now, if we let n approach infinity, the sum of the first n terms of the sequence will also approach infinity. This can be seen by looking at the term (n-1)d in the formula, which grows without bound as n becomes larger and larger.

In other words, as we add more and more terms to the sequence, each term gets larger by a fixed amount (the common difference d), and so the sum of the sequence increases without bound. Therefore, the sum of an infinite arithmetic progressive sequence with a positive common difference is +∞.

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