Proving expression with limits

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Homework Statement



If [tex]a>>b[/tex] is it correct to say that [tex]\frac{b}{a} \rightarrow 0[/tex]

Can we prove it with limits?
 
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you can say that if lim a-> infinity, that b/infinity = 0 because any number divided by an extremely large number (in this case infinitively large) is 0.
 
Well we only know the relation between a and b! We can't know that a is very large, we know that a is much much greater than b.