Fac Faculty of Engineering-Preparatory Year

Module Title: Calculus 2

Sheet No.:1
Sheet T Title: Sequences of Real No.
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Problem 1:

List the first five terms and the tenth term for each of the following sequences

n 1 n
(1) { } (2) { } (3) {( −1) }
n

n +1 2n 3n + 2
1 1
1 n
(4) { 8 }n
(5) {n } n
(6) {(1 + ) }
n

Problem 2:

Calculate the following limits

3n n2 + 4
(1) lim (2) lim
n →∞ 2n + 1 n →∞ 3n 2 + 1

5n 2 + 2n + 4 7 n 3 + 2n + 4
(3) lim (4) lim
n →∞ 6n 2 + 7 n →∞ 5n 3 + 3n 2 + 4

Problem 3:

(1) Define what is meant by lim x n = x 0

n →∞

n
(2) Prove that lim = 1 and find the value of n 0 at ε = 0.1
n →∞ n + 1

1
(3) Prove that lim = 0 and find the value of n 0 at ε = 0.2 and ε = 0.4
n →∞ n

n +1
(4) Prove that lim = 1 and find the value of n 0 at ε = 0.01
n →∞ n + 2

2n + 8
(5) Prove that lim = 2 and find the value of n 0 at ε = 0.1
n →∞ n + 3
Problem 4:

(1) Define Euler number e

2 5n
(2) Calculate lim(1 + )
n →∞ n
3 2 n +7
(3) Calculate lim(1 + )
n →∞ n
5 2 n +2
(4) Calculate lim(1 + )
n →∞ n +1
Problem 6:

(1) List the first five terms in the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 6 and
its base is 3
(2) List the first five terms in the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 4 and
its base is −7
(3) Find the first term and the base of the arithmetic sequence given that
x 3 = 9 , x 4 = 11
(4) Find the first term and the base of the arithmetic sequence given that
x 4 = 15 , x 7 = 24

Problem 7:

(1) List the first five terms in the geometric sequence whose first term is 3 and
1
its base is
4
(2) List the first five terms in the geometric sequence whose first term is 6 and
−1
its base is
4
(3) Find the first term and the base of the geometric sequence given that
x 2 = 6 , x 5 = 48
(4) Find the first term and the base of the geometric sequence given that
1 1
x3 = − , x6 =
2 16
Problem 8:

If x 1 = 2 and x n = 2 + x n −1 , n = 2,3,... suppose that lim x n = L

n →∞
calculate the value of L