Testing a series for convergence/divergence

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Homework Statement


Use special comparison test to find if \frac{2+(-1)^n}{n^2+7} is convergent or divergent.

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Special comparison test using the convergent series \frac{1}{n^2}

and taking the limit as n-> infinity of my initial series \frac{2+(-1)^n}{n^2+7} divided by my comparison series \frac{1}{n^2}

which comes out to be lim n--> infinity of \frac{2n^2+(-1)^n(n^2)}{n^2+7}.

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I guess I need help evaluating that limit because what I'm getting is undefined (alternating) and the back of the book says that it's defined.
 
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0 \leq \frac{2+(-1)^n}{n^2+7} \leq \frac{3}{n^2+7}. You can squeeze it as such. If the series on the right converges, then so does yours.
 
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