Finding the Limit of a Strange Sequence: How to Use Stirling's Approximation

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Homework Statement



I need to find the limit of the sequence:

[(1+1/n)(1+2/n)(1+3/n)...(1+n/n)]^(1/n) as n approaches infinity.

I know that the limit should come out to 4/e, but I cannot figure out why.

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The Attempt at a Solution



The original sequence is equivalent to [(2n)!/(n!*n^n)]^(1/n), but I have absolutely no idea what to do with it after that. Can anybody point me in the right direction?
 
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Why not just apply Stirling's approximation to the original sequence?