VERY LARGE NUMBER

Calculus Level 2

If n is a very large number then the number 8 n + 7 n + 6 n 9 n 8 n 7 n \frac { { 8 }^{ n }+{ 7 }^{ n }+{ 6 }^{ n } }{ { 9 }^{ n }-{ 8 }^{ n }-{ 7 }^{ n } } is

a very large number near 1 between 2-10 near 0

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2 solutions

John Aries Sarza
May 29, 2014

The quotient is near to ( 8 9 ) n \left( \frac { 8 }{ 9 } \right) ^{ n } ,which might be near to zero if n is very large.

Tom Engelsman
Mar 6, 2021

If we take:

8 n + 7 n + 6 n 9 n 8 n 7 n = 8 n ( 1 + ( 7 / 8 ) n + ( 6 / 8 ) n ) 8 n ( ( 9 / 8 ) n 1 ( 7 / 8 ) n ) = 1 + ( 7 / 8 ) n + ( 6 / 8 ) n ( 9 / 8 ) n 1 ( 7 / 8 ) n \frac{8^n+7^n+6^n}{9^n-8^n-7^n} = \frac{8^n(1 + (7/8)^n + (6/8)^n)}{8^n((9/8)^n - 1 - (7/8)^n)} = \frac{1 + (7/8)^n + (6/8)^n}{(9/8)^n - 1 - (7/8)^n}

then the numerator 1 \rightarrow 1 and the denominator \rightarrow \infty as n n \rightarrow \infty . Hence lim n 8 n + 7 n + 6 n 9 n 8 n 7 n 0 . \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{8^n+7^n+6^n}{9^n-8^n-7^n} \rightarrow \boxed{0}.

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