Write the First Five Terms of the Power Series $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { \infty } \frac { ( - 1 ) ^ { n } ( x - 8 ) ^ { n } } { 4 ^ { n } }$

question 88

Multiple Choice

Write the first five terms of the power series $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { \infty } \frac { ( - 1 ) ^ { n } ( x - 8 ) ^ { n } } { 4 ^ { n } }$ .

• A) \(\frac { ( x - 8 ) } { 4 } - \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 2 } } { 4 ^ { 2 } } + \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 3 } } { 4 ^ { 3 } } - \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 4 } } { 4 ^ { 4 } } + \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 5 } } { 4 ^ { 5 } }\)
• B) \(- \frac { ( x - 8 ) } { 4 } - \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 2 } } { 4 ^ { 2 } } - \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 3 } } { 4 ^ { 3 } } - \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 4 } } { 4 ^ { 4 } } - \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 5 } } { 4 ^ { 5 } }\)
• C) \(- \frac { ( x - 8 ) } { 4 } + \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 2 } } { 4 ^ { 2 } } - \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 3 } } { 4 ^ { 3 } } + \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 4 } } { 4 ^ { 4 } } - \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 5 } } { 4 ^ { 5 } }\)
• D) \(\frac { ( x - 8 ) } { 4 } + \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 2 } } { 4 ^ { 2 } } + \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 3 } } { 4 ^ { 3 } } + \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 4 } } { 4 ^ { 4 } } + \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 5 } } { 4 ^ { 5 } }\)
• E) \(- \frac { ( x - 8 ) } { 4 } - \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 2 } } { 4 ^ { 2 } } + \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 3 } } { 4 ^ { 3 } } + \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 4 } } { 4 ^ { 4 } } - \frac { ( x - 8 ) ^ { 5 } } { 4 ^ { 5 } }\)

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