The value of \(\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left(\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{k^3+6 k^2+11 k+5}{(k+3)!}\right)\) is:

The value of \(\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left(\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{k^3+6 k^2+11 k+5}{(k+3)!}\right)\) is:
  1. \(4 / 3\)
  2. 2
  3. \(7 / 3\)
  4. \(5 / 3\)

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{k^3+6 k^2+11 k+5}{(k+3)!} \\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{k^3+6 k^2+11 k+6-1}{(k+3)!} \\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{(k+1)(k+2)(k+3)-1}{(k+3)!} \\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{(k+1)(k+2)(k+3)}{(k+3)!}-\frac{1}{(k+3)!} \\ & =\lim _{k=1} \sum_{k=1}^n\left(\frac{1}{k!}-\frac{1}{(k+3)!}\right)\end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} & =\lim _{k=1}\left(\frac{1}{1!}+\frac{1}{2!}+\frac{1}{3!}+\frac{1}{4!} \ldots+\frac{1}{n!}-\frac{1}{4!}-\frac{1}{5!}-\frac{1}{6!} \ldots .-\frac{1}{(n+3)!}\right) \\ & \quad=\frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{6}=\frac{10}{6}=\frac{5}{3}\end{aligned}$ ~

Asked in: JEE Main 2025 (29 Jan Shift 1)

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