Limit of a Series with Unknown Variable K

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Homework Statement



Determine whether the following are convergent, divergent or oscillating.

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Please see the attachment. I am unsure about this as when I plot a graph without K its convergence
 

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You haven't applied the ratio test correctly. You have
[tex] \lim_{i \to \infty} \left|\frac{a_{i+1}}{a_i}\right| = \lim_{i \to \infty} \left(\frac{i + 1}{i}\right)^2 e^{-K}[/tex]
which is correct. But then you don't try to find the limit, which is what you need to apply the ratio test.
 
How would I go about finding the limit?
 
Mmmm.. still not sure, am I going about it in the right direction, does it seem divergent?
 
Rather than guess whether the series is divergent or convergent, why don't you finish your work on the limit?
 
I thought I had finished, is there something I am missing?
 
Can you find the limit of post #2?