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Find an N so that
N​
0< e-[tex]\sum[/tex] 1/n! < 10^-14
n=0​

I seriously don't know how to go about this problem.
Please help me out.

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since we know
e=1+1+1/2+1/6+...+1/n!+...
e-(1+1+1/2+1/6+...+1/n!)=1/(n+1)!+...<1/(n*n!)
so chose n at least so large that
1/(n*n!)<10^-14