University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321999584
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Chapter 9 - Section 9.1 - Sequences - Exercises - Page 489: 127

Answer

Proof given 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}\\ & \text{1-M is positive... 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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