Limit with Factorial: Understanding 3/(n+1) Limit

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Homework Statement


Why does the limit as n -> infinity of [3^(n+1)]/(n+1)!] * n!/(3^n) equal
the limit as n -> infinity of 3/(n+1)?

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I have never encountered this before.
 
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Forget about the limit and just focus on simplifying algebraically. You know that {(n+1)}! = n!{(n+1)}. Also 3^{n+1} = (3)(3^n). Use those to cancel some terms and see what you get.
 
Forget about the limit, how do you simplify:

[3^(n+1)]/(n+1)! * [n!/(3^n)]

(LOL, Curious3141 is faster than me)
 
yenchin said:
Forget about the limit, how do you simplify:

[3^(n+1)]/(n+1)! * [n!/(3^n)]

(LOL, Curious3141 is faster than me)

And it's weird how we worded that almost identically! :eek:
 
Ah yes, that makes perfect sense. Thanks.
 
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