Do 1/inf and 1000/inf have same limit of 0?

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The title says it all:

Do

[tex]\frac{1}{N} =[/tex] and [tex]\frac{1000}{N}[/tex] have limit of zero as N tends to infinity?
 
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hassman said:
The title says it all:

Do

[tex]\frac{1}{N} =[/tex] and [tex]\frac{1000}{N}[/tex] have limit of zero as N tends to infinity?
No, the title does not say it all! the limit as N goes to infinity, of 1/N, is NOT the same as "1/infinity"! The latter simply makes no sense. You cannot do arithmetic with "infinity" in the real number system.

The answer to your question is "yes", however, those limits are both 0.