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1997 Paper 3 Q7
D: 1700.0 B: 1516.0

For each positive integer \(n\), let \begin{align*} a_n&=\frac1{n+1}+\frac1{(n+1)(n+2)}+\frac1{(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)}+\cdots;\\ b_n&=\frac1{n+1}+\frac1{(n+1)^2}+\frac1{(n+1)^3}+\cdots. \end{align*}

  1. Evaluate \(b_n\).
  2. Show that \(0
  3. Deduce that \(a_n=n!{\rm e}-[n!{\rm e}]\) (where \([x]\) is the integer part of \(x\)).
  4. Hence show that \(\mathrm{e}\) is irrational.