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Q. The sum of the series,
$\frac {1}{2.3}.2 +\frac {2}{3.4}.2^2+\frac {3}{4.5}.2^3+$ ............ to n terms is

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Solution:

Given series is
$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3} \cdot 2^{1}+\frac{2}{3.4} \cdot 2^{2}+\frac{3}{4.5} \cdot 2^{3}+\ldots $upto $n$ terms
The $n$ th term of the series is
$T_{n}=\frac{n}{(n+1)(n+2)} \cdot 2^{n}=\left\{\frac{2 \cdot 2^{n}}{(n+2)}-\frac{2^{n}}{(n+1)}\right\}$
On putting $n=1,2,3 \ldots$, we get
$T_{1}=2 \cdot \frac{2^{1}}{3}-\frac{2^{1}}{2}, T_{2}=\frac{2 \cdot 2^{2}}{4}-\frac{2^{2}}{3}, T_{3}=\frac{2 \cdot 2^{3}}{5}-\frac{2^{3}}{4}$
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On adding, we get
$S_{n}=T_{1}+T_{2}+T_{3}+\ldots+T_{n} $
$\Rightarrow S_{n}=\frac{2 \cdot 2^{n}}{(n+2)}-\frac{2}{2}=\frac{2^{n+1}}{(n+2)}-1 $