document.write( "Question 1121014: 1/15+1/35+1/63+1/99+1/143/+1/199=
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\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

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\n" ); document.write( "Each term can be written in the form \"1%2F%28%28n-1%29%28n%2B1%29%29\".

\n" ); document.write( "Decomposing that fraction shows each term can be written in the form

\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F2%29%28%281%2F%28n-1%29-1%2F%28n%2B1%29%29%29\"

\n" ); document.write( "Then the sum is

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\n" ); document.write( "or
\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F2%29%281%2F3-1%2F15%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "which is
\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F2%29%284%2F15%29+=+2%2F15\"

\n" ); document.write( "If the last fraction is really 1/199, then treat that last fraction separately; the sum will be

\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F2%29%281%2F3-1%2F13%29%2B1%2F199\"
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