I have found a Taylor series and a Maclaurin series for a function about x=0.... I have a couple of questions.

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The first part of my question (for my homework) states "Find the Taylor series about $x=0$ of the function $f(x)=\frac{1}{(1-x)^2}$ "...

I have found the taylor series of $\frac{1}{(1-x)^2}$ to be $$\sum_{n=0}^\infty\dfrac{\dfrac{1}{(1-a)^2}^n{(x-a)^n}}{n!}$$ and the Maclaurin series to be $$\sum_{n=0}^\infty(n+1)x^n$$

I have a couple of questions...

  1. Am I correct in starting my bound as $n=0$? I wasn't sure because some examples have $n=1$. Maybe that's just if the function is undefined for $n=0$?
  2. I have found both the taylor series and the maclaurin series as the question asks for the "Taylor series" about $x=0$ which i thought was specifically called a Maclaurin series? But they are different series, so... I am asked to then find the radius and interval of convergence of the answer but I am really confused as to whether I am meant to use the Taylor series version or the Maclaurin series version to do this. Can someone clarify which series out of the ones I found to use for this part?
  3. The last half of the question states "Hence or otherwise determine the sum of the series summed from $n=0$ to infinity of $\frac{(n+1)}{2^n}$... Does that part have anything to do with either of the series I found for the first half? Or is it just a new part of the question and I should apply the same techniques to find the sum of that series as any other and just ignore the first half of the question to complete this part?
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Your last question: on your second attempt you successfully computed the Maclaurin series as $$\frac1{(1-x)^2}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty(n+1)x^n.\tag{$*$}$$ You are enjoined to calculate $$\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{n+1}{2^n}.$$ This looks very similar to the RHS of $(*)$. Can you obtain it from the RHS of $(*)$ by making a substitution?