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Algebra.Com's Answer #736744 by greenestamps(13200)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "I suspect the last fraction is typed incorrectly. 1/195 would make a much nicer problem. I will solve the problem using 1/195 instead of 1/199. \n" ); document.write( "The series can be written as \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Each term can be written in the form \n" ); document.write( "Decomposing that fraction shows each term can be written in the form \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Then the sum is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "or \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "which is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "If the last fraction is really 1/199, then treat that last fraction separately; the sum will be \n" ); document.write( " |