120k views
3 votes
I NEED AN ANSWER ASAP PLEASE INCLUDES STEP BY STEP Express as a common fraction in lowest term:
(1-(1)/(2))(1-(1)/(3))(1-(1)/(4))...(1-(1)/(100))

User CornPuff
by
6.2k points

2 Answers

2 votes

Answer:

1/100

Explanation:

User Jerard
by
6.2k points
3 votes

Answer:

1/100

Explanation:

First, note that another way to write this is:


(1-(1)/(2))(1-(1)/(3))(1-(1)/(4) ) ... (1-(1)/(100) )


=((1)/(2))((2)/(3))((3)/(4) )... ((99)/(100) )

For each subsequent term in the numerator (starting at 1), it increases by 1.

For each subsequent term in the denominator (starting at 2), it increases by 1.

Thus, notice across the numerator; we have:


(1)(2)(3)(4) ... (99) or
99!

Across the denominator we have


(2)(3)(4) ... (100) = (1)(2)(3)(4) ... (100)=100!

So, all together:


=(99!)/(100!) =(1)/(100)

User Ezgi
by
6.8k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.