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Find the nearest integer value of

n = 1 1 n ! \sum _{ n=1 }^{ \infty }{ \frac { 1 }{ n! } }


The answer is 2.

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2 solutions

Michael Yi
Dec 29, 2014

We know that n! is an expression that becomes very large, very quickly. Thus, 1/n! would become very small, very quickly.

If we go up to just n = 4, we can get:

1/1 + 1/2 + 1/6 + 1/24 = approximately 1.7

Using some logic, we can deduct that the remaining portion of the summation notation will not increase the current sum by almost 0.8 which would be needed in order to be rounded up to 3.

Thus, the answer is 2.

Sujoy Roy
Nov 28, 2014

n = 1 1 n ! = e 1 2 \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n!}=e-1\approx{\boxed{2}}

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