Proving Existence of Limit of Sequence {xn}

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Be {xn} a sequence that satisfies the condition 0 ≤ [itex]x_{m+n}[/itex] ≤ [itex]x_{m}[/itex] + [itex]x_{n}[/itex]. Prove that [itex]lim_{n ->∞}[/itex] xn/n exists.

I'm kind of lost in this.
 
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cristina89 said:
Be {xn} a sequence that satisfies the condition 0 ≤ [itex]x_{m+n}[/itex] ≤ [itex]x_{m}[/itex] + [itex]x_{n}[/itex]. Prove that [itex]lim_{n ->∞}[/itex] xn/n exists.

I'm kind of lost in this.

I would start by thinking like this:

x2<=x1+x1

x3<=x2+x1<=x1+x1+x1

etc. What can you make of that?