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The limit of a series is the value the series' terms are approaching as n goes to infinity.

We want to calculate


\lim _(n\to\infty)(3n^5)/(6n^6+1)

As n goes to infinity, the behavior of the denominator can be approximated in a way ignoring the constant


n\rightarrow\infty\Rightarrow6n^6+1\approx6n^6

Using this approximation in our limit, we have


\lim _(n\to\infty)(3n^5)/(6n^6+1)=\lim _(n\to\infty)(3n^5)/(6n^6)=(1)/(2)\lim _(n\to\infty)\frac{1^{}}{n^{}}=0

The limit of this serie is equal to zero.

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