Sequence: determine if (n + 2)! / n! converges

flakine

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If converge, find limit:

(n+2)!/n!

The answer is (n+2)(n+1), diverges. But how did they get the answer???

These types of problems are difficult to understand, can someone help?
 
I assume you know what a factorial is. Look at it this way:

(n+2)(n+1)n(n1)(n2)...........n(n1)(n2)............\displaystyle \frac{(n+2)(n+1)n(n-1)(n-2)...........}{n(n-1)(n-2)............}

Cancel:

(n+2)(n+1)n(n1)(n2)............n(n1)(n2).............\displaystyle \frac{(n+2)(n+1)\sout{n}\sout{(n-1)}\sout{(n-2)}............}{\sout{n}\sout{(n-1)}\sout{(n-2)}.............}

That leaves you with:

(n+2)(n+1)\displaystyle (n+2)(n+1)
 
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