If the above limit can be expressed in the form where and are coprime positive integers, find the value of .
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r = 3 ∏ n r 3 + 8 r 3 − 8 = r = 3 ∏ n ( r + 2 ) ( r 2 − 2 r + 4 ) ( r − 2 ) ( r 2 + 2 r + 4 ) As n approaches infinity, the terms in each product cancel out leaving:
5 1 × 6 2 × 7 3 × 8 4 × 9 5 × 1 0 6 × . . . × 7 1 9 × 1 2 2 8 × 1 9 3 9 × 2 8 5 2 × . . . = 7 2