JEE Main 2016 Mathematics question

MathematicsSequence and SeriesJEE Main 2016

The sum , is equal to:

Answer: (2)

Solution

The trick is to split the summand into a telescoping difference. Observe that

r·(r+1)! - (r-1)· r! = r![r(r+1) - (r-1)] = r!+r-r+1] = +1)r!

exactly as require

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