Finding radius of convergence for sum of 5^n(x-3)^n/n

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Homework Statement



The problem is looking for the radius of convergence
sum(5^n)((x-3)^n)/n
n=1

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That's not right. What happened to the 5^n factor?
You should have this as part of your work.
[tex]\lim_{n \to \infty} \left(\frac{5^{n + 1}(x - 3)^{n + 1}}{n + 1}~\frac{n + 1}{5^n (x - 3)^n}\right )[/tex]