Does this power sequence converge or diverge? If it converges, what is the limit?
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Say I have this sequence:
$$a_n = frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n}}$$
Again, I don't think I can divide the numerator and denominator by $n^{1.5}$... that seems like it complicates things. What else can I do?
I can't square the top and bottom because that changes the value of the general sequence. Can I divide by $n^2$?
Is this valid:
$$a_n = frac{1}{sqrt{frac{n^3}{n^4} + frac{4}{n}}}$$
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Say I have this sequence:
$$a_n = frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n}}$$
Again, I don't think I can divide the numerator and denominator by $n^{1.5}$... that seems like it complicates things. What else can I do?
I can't square the top and bottom because that changes the value of the general sequence. Can I divide by $n^2$?
Is this valid:
$$a_n = frac{1}{sqrt{frac{n^3}{n^4} + frac{4}{n}}}$$
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What are you trying to do with the sequence? Are you trying to determine if it converges / find its limit? In your last identity, you should have $4/n^3$ in the denominator.
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– MisterRiemann
9 hours ago
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Say I have this sequence:
$$a_n = frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n}}$$
Again, I don't think I can divide the numerator and denominator by $n^{1.5}$... that seems like it complicates things. What else can I do?
I can't square the top and bottom because that changes the value of the general sequence. Can I divide by $n^2$?
Is this valid:
$$a_n = frac{1}{sqrt{frac{n^3}{n^4} + frac{4}{n}}}$$
sequences-and-series
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Say I have this sequence:
$$a_n = frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n}}$$
Again, I don't think I can divide the numerator and denominator by $n^{1.5}$... that seems like it complicates things. What else can I do?
I can't square the top and bottom because that changes the value of the general sequence. Can I divide by $n^2$?
Is this valid:
$$a_n = frac{1}{sqrt{frac{n^3}{n^4} + frac{4}{n}}}$$
sequences-and-series
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What are you trying to do with the sequence? Are you trying to determine if it converges / find its limit? In your last identity, you should have $4/n^3$ in the denominator.
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What are you trying to do with the sequence? Are you trying to determine if it converges / find its limit? In your last identity, you should have $4/n^3$ in the denominator.
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– MisterRiemann
9 hours ago
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What are you trying to do with the sequence? Are you trying to determine if it converges / find its limit? In your last identity, you should have $4/n^3$ in the denominator.
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– MisterRiemann
9 hours ago
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What are you trying to do with the sequence? Are you trying to determine if it converges / find its limit? In your last identity, you should have $4/n^3$ in the denominator.
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You can easily find a divergent minorant:
$$frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n}} ge frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n^color{blue}{3}}} = sqrt{frac{n}{5}} to +infty$$
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Hint: It is $$sqrt{frac{n^4}{n^3+4n}}$$ and this is divergent.
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We have:
$$a_n = frac{sqrt{n} }{sqrt{1 + frac{4}{n^2}}}$$
You can see that the denominator tends to 1, so that $a_n$ clearly diverges, behaving asymptotically as $sqrt{n}$.
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How did you get to here?
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– Jwan622
9 hours ago
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Multiply by $frac{n^{1.5}}{n^{1.5}}$.
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– Matthew Masarik
9 hours ago
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Can you flesh that out a bit? Don't you mean divide top and bottom by $n^{1.5}$
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8 hours ago
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You can easily find a divergent minorant:
$$frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n}} ge frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n^color{blue}{3}}} = sqrt{frac{n}{5}} to +infty$$
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You can easily find a divergent minorant:
$$frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n}} ge frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n^color{blue}{3}}} = sqrt{frac{n}{5}} to +infty$$
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You can easily find a divergent minorant:
$$frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n}} ge frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n^color{blue}{3}}} = sqrt{frac{n}{5}} to +infty$$
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You can easily find a divergent minorant:
$$frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n}} ge frac{n^2}{sqrt{n^3 + 4n^color{blue}{3}}} = sqrt{frac{n}{5}} to +infty$$
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Hint: It is $$sqrt{frac{n^4}{n^3+4n}}$$ and this is divergent.
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Hint: It is $$sqrt{frac{n^4}{n^3+4n}}$$ and this is divergent.
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Hint: It is $$sqrt{frac{n^4}{n^3+4n}}$$ and this is divergent.
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Hint: It is $$sqrt{frac{n^4}{n^3+4n}}$$ and this is divergent.
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We have:
$$a_n = frac{sqrt{n} }{sqrt{1 + frac{4}{n^2}}}$$
You can see that the denominator tends to 1, so that $a_n$ clearly diverges, behaving asymptotically as $sqrt{n}$.
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How did you get to here?
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– Jwan622
9 hours ago
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Multiply by $frac{n^{1.5}}{n^{1.5}}$.
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– Matthew Masarik
9 hours ago
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Can you flesh that out a bit? Don't you mean divide top and bottom by $n^{1.5}$
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– Jwan622
8 hours ago
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We have:
$$a_n = frac{sqrt{n} }{sqrt{1 + frac{4}{n^2}}}$$
You can see that the denominator tends to 1, so that $a_n$ clearly diverges, behaving asymptotically as $sqrt{n}$.
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How did you get to here?
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– Jwan622
9 hours ago
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Multiply by $frac{n^{1.5}}{n^{1.5}}$.
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– Matthew Masarik
9 hours ago
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Can you flesh that out a bit? Don't you mean divide top and bottom by $n^{1.5}$
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– Jwan622
8 hours ago
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We have:
$$a_n = frac{sqrt{n} }{sqrt{1 + frac{4}{n^2}}}$$
You can see that the denominator tends to 1, so that $a_n$ clearly diverges, behaving asymptotically as $sqrt{n}$.
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We have:
$$a_n = frac{sqrt{n} }{sqrt{1 + frac{4}{n^2}}}$$
You can see that the denominator tends to 1, so that $a_n$ clearly diverges, behaving asymptotically as $sqrt{n}$.
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How did you get to here?
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– Jwan622
9 hours ago
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Multiply by $frac{n^{1.5}}{n^{1.5}}$.
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– Matthew Masarik
9 hours ago
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Can you flesh that out a bit? Don't you mean divide top and bottom by $n^{1.5}$
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– Jwan622
8 hours ago
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How did you get to here?
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– Jwan622
9 hours ago
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Multiply by $frac{n^{1.5}}{n^{1.5}}$.
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– Matthew Masarik
9 hours ago
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Can you flesh that out a bit? Don't you mean divide top and bottom by $n^{1.5}$
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– Jwan622
8 hours ago
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How did you get to here?
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– Jwan622
9 hours ago
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How did you get to here?
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– Jwan622
9 hours ago
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Multiply by $frac{n^{1.5}}{n^{1.5}}$.
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– Matthew Masarik
9 hours ago
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Multiply by $frac{n^{1.5}}{n^{1.5}}$.
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– Matthew Masarik
9 hours ago
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Can you flesh that out a bit? Don't you mean divide top and bottom by $n^{1.5}$
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– Jwan622
8 hours ago
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Can you flesh that out a bit? Don't you mean divide top and bottom by $n^{1.5}$
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– Jwan622
8 hours ago
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What are you trying to do with the sequence? Are you trying to determine if it converges / find its limit? In your last identity, you should have $4/n^3$ in the denominator.
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– MisterRiemann
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