Saturday, September 2, 2017

calculus - Evaluating $sum_{n=1}^{infty}frac{n}{16^n}$




I'm trying to evaluate the sum of the following infinite series:

$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{n}{16^n}$$



I know it converges to $\frac{16}{225}$, but I don't know how to reach this solution. It's not a geometric series or a telescoping sum, and I haven't found any way to relate it to a Taylor or Maclaurin series. How should I approach this problem?


Answer



Hint:



What is the derivative of $\;\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} x^n$?


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