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Homework Statement
[tex]\sum\limits_{i=0}^\infty \frac{i!}{5^i}[/tex]
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
(1) [tex]\sum\limits_{i=0}^\infty \frac{i!}{5^i}[/tex]
(2) [tex] = \lim_{i\rightarrow \infty}|{\frac{(i+1)!}{(5+1)^i} \cdot \frac{5^i}{i!}|[/tex]
(3) [tex] = \lim_{i\rightarrow \infty}{\frac{(i+1)!}{5i!}[/tex]
Could someone explain to me the jump from (2) to (3)? I can't make sense of it and my lecture notes don't mention anything in particular. Do the properties of factorials come into play here (I never learned factorials)?