TITLE: Prove the convergence of $\sum\limits_{k=2}^\infty \frac 1 {(2k+1)(2k+5)}$
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: Hints preferred:
I need to prove convergence and determine the limit of following series: $$ \sum_{k=2}^\infty \frac 1 {(2k+1)(2k+5)}$$
I need to use partial fraction decomposition to simplify the term, which I attempted with following: 
$$
\frac 1 {(2k+1)(2k+5)} = \frac a {(2k+1)} + \frac b {(2k+5)} \\~\\
\frac 1 {(2k+1)(2k+5)} = \frac {a(2k+5)} {(2k+1)(2k+5)} + \frac {b(2k+1)} {(2k+1)(2k+5)}  \\~\\$$
Then we have: 
$$
k: 2a + 2b = 0 \\
k^0: 5a + b = 1 \\~\\
a = \frac 1 4 ~ \land b = -\frac 1 4
$$
So we have: 
$$
\frac 1 {(2k+1)(2k+5)} = \frac { \frac 1 4 } {(2k+1)} - \frac { \frac 1 4} {(2k+5)} = \\ \frac { 1 } {4(2k+1)} - \frac { 1 } {4(2k+5)} 
$$
Which can be defined as:
$$
\frac 1 4 (\frac { 1 } {2k+1} - \frac { 1 } {2k+5} )
$$

I'm not sure how to turn the result into a telescopic series (if the partial fraction decomposition is right in the first place).

REPLY [2 votes]: To prove the convergence of the series we can use the limit comparison test. Indeed
$$
\frac{1}{(2k+1)(2k+5)}\sim\frac{1}{4k^2}.
$$
Since $\sum_{1}^\infty k^{-2}$ converges it follows that 
$$
\sum_{k=2}^\infty\frac1{(2k+1)(2k+5)}<\infty.
$$