Definite Integration Question 372

Question: $ \underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{1+2^{4}+3^{4}+….+n^{4}}{n^{5}} $

$ -\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{1+2^{3}+3^{3}+….+n^{3}}{n^{5}}= $

[AIEEE 2003]

Options:

A) $ \frac{1}{30} $

B) Zero

C) $ \frac{1}{4} $

D) $ \frac{1}{5} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

$ \underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{1}{n}{ {{( \frac{1}{n} )}^{4}}+{{( \frac{2}{n} )}^{4}}+{{( \frac{3}{n} )}^{4}}+…+{{( \frac{n}{n} )}^{4}} }- $

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$ \underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{1}{n}{ ( \frac{1}{n^{4}} )+( \frac{2^{3}}{n^{4}} )+……+( \frac{n^{3}}{n^{4}} ) } $

$ =\int_0^{1}{{{(x)}^{4}}dx-0=[ \frac{x^{5}}{5} ]_0^{1}=\frac{1}{5}.} $