Given the Series $\sum _ { m = 1 } ^ { \infty } \frac { 3 m } { 4 ^ { m } ( 3 m + 5 ) }$

question 158

Short Answer

Given the series $\sum _ { m = 1 } ^ { \infty } \frac { 3 m } { 4 ^ { m } ( 3 m + 5 ) }$ estimate the error in using the partial sum $s _ { 8 }$ by comparison with the series $\sum _ { m - 9 } ^ { \infty } \frac { 1 } { 4 ^ { m } }$ .

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