luc037.c

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• Author — Amit Dutta (amitdutta4255@gmail.com)
• Last updated — 12 Dec 2025
• License — MIT

Problem Statement

Problem Statement

The natural logarithm can be approximated by the following series. (x-1)/x + 1/2 ((x-1)/x)^2 + 1/2 ((x-1)/x)^3 + 1/2 ((x-1)/x)^4 + ... If x is input through the keyboard, write a program to calculate the sum of the first seven terms of this series.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

double series(double x) // made this fn only for fun, making a fn was not necessary
{
    double result = (x - 1) / x;
    int i;
    for (i = 2; i <= 7; i++)
    {
        result += 0.5 * pow(((x - 1) / x), i);
    }
    return result;
}

int main()
{
    double x;
    printf("Enter the value for x : ");
    scanf("%lf", &x);
    printf("\nResult : %g", series(x));
    return 0;
}