Determine the monotonicity of the function.

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Determine the monotonicity of the function.

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Try looking at b(n + 1)/b(n).

Specifically, whether it's >1 or <1. What would each case indicate?

(there's also technically a case of the ratio being equal to 1, but that's more tricky, so let's omit that for now)

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