Solution

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Compare with the divergent series from part (i). The ratio of its new summand to is
For completeness, , so . The limit comparison test now gives divergence. Although the exponent exceeds one for each summand, it approaches one and does not produce a convergent p-series with a fixed exponent greater than one.

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