a. Recall that

For
, we have

By integrating both sides, we get

If
, then

so that

We can shift the index to simplify the sum slightly.

b. The power series for
can be obtained simply by multiplying both sides of the series above by
.

c. We have


Circumference = pi * diameter
diameter = 8.5; pi = 3.14
C = 3.14 * 8.5
C = 26.69 in = 26.7 in
For this case we have the following numbers:
299
388
Let's round up each of the numbers to the nearest hundred,
We have then:
299 = 300
388 = 400
We note that now we have two numbers whose approximation is easier to add.
We have then:
300 + 400 = 700
Answer:
The sum of 299 + 388 is approximately:
700