Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.1 - Sequences - 11.1 Exercises - Page 705: 74

Answer

$a_n$ is bounded and decreasing.

Work Step by Step

The derivative of the corresponding function $f(x)= \frac{1- x}{2+x}$ with respects to x is $f'(x)= \frac{-3}{(x+2)^2} $. Since the derivative is always negative, $a_n$ is decreasing. $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\frac{1- n}{2+n}= \lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\frac{\frac{1}{n}-1}{\frac{2}{n}+1}= -1=\lim\limits_{n \to -\infty}\frac{1- n}{2+n}$ $a_n$ is bounded from above and from below by -1. The sequence is bounded.
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