document.write( "Question 1121200: Express the following product as reduced fraction.
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document.write( "\"%281-1%2F2%29%281-1%2F3%29%281-1%2F4%29......%281-1%2F2008%29\" = \"%281%2F2%29%2A%282%2F3%29%2A%283%2F4%29%2Aellipsis%2A%282007%2F2008%29\" = \r\n" );
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document.write( "    Notice that the denominator of the first fraction is the numerator of the second fraction.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Next, the denominator of the second fraction is the numerator of the third fraction.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    This pattern continues: the denominator of the third fraction is the numerator of the fourth fraction.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    And so on . . . \r\n" );
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document.write( "cancel all common factors in numerators and denominators to get final answer = \"1%2F2008\".\r\n" );
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