Limit of Riemann Sums with Infinite Terms: Help Needed

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Homework Statement


\underset{n\rightarrow\infty}{lim}\frac{e^{1/n}+e^{2/n}+e^{3/n}+\cdots+e^{n/n}}{n}

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done something with Riemann sums however didn't get far, other than that I'm not to sure how to evaluate this. any help would be great, thanks (also not sure if i posted in the right place, if i didnt soz.)
 
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The top looks like a geometric series; please try computing the sum and see if it works.
 
Consider f(x) = e^x on the interval [0,1]. Partition [0,1] into n equal subintervals and look at the upper and lower sums.
 
Solved it thanks alot.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...

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