Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 10: Infinite Sequences and Series - Section 10.1 - Sequences - Exercises 10.1 - Page 571: 127

Answer

See proof below.

Work Step by Step

Let $0\lt M \lt 1.$ We want to find N such that $n \gt N\displaystyle \Rightarrow\frac{n}{n+1} \gt M$ \begin{align*} \displaystyle \frac{N}{N+1}&=M \\ N&=M(N+1) \\ N&=MN+M \\ N-MN&=M \\ N(1-M)& =M \\ N& =\displaystyle \frac{M}{1-M} \end{align*} For $n \gt N =\displaystyle \frac{M}{1-M} ,$ \begin{align*} n& \displaystyle \gt \frac{M}{1-M}\tag{multiply}\\ n-nM& \gt M\\ n& \gt M+nM\\ n& \gt M(1+n) \\ \displaystyle \frac{n}{n+1}&\gt M \end{align*} which is what was needed to be shown.
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