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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2004 / Paper 1 / 2 / ii / Solution by

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The summand

n / (n + 4)

tends to one rather than zero. The term test for divergence therefore proves the series diverges. A ratio limit equal to one would be inconclusive and is unnecessary here.

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