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Re: Math Quiz 7

It doesn't converge because the limit as k goes to infinity of your function is equal to e^-6. This is the divergence test.


Here's my work. The -6 I got as my limit is the exponent for e^-6, which means that the function is always changing, and the sum cannot converge.


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