A student claims: *'If a sequence of positive terms satisfies for all , then as .'* Which sequence is a counterexample?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: C.

  1. Step 1: Each of , , and is positive and decreasing and tends to .
  2. Step 2: is positive and strictly decreasing, but its limit is , not . So it is a counterexample.
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Why not the others: A decreasing sequence of positive terms is bounded below by and converges, but the limit need not be .

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