SOLUTION: Simplify the following equation in the image: https://ibb.co/5K1GC71

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Question 1209212: Simplify the following equation in the image:
https://ibb.co/5K1GC71

Answer by ikleyn(52915) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplify the following highlight%28cross%28equation%29%29 expression in the image:
https://ibb.co/5K1GC71
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        I made my editing in this post,  because  THERE  IS  NO  equation in it.

        There is an expression,  instead,  which should be simplified / evaluated.


The starting expression is

    S = %282%2A3%29%2F4 + %284%2A5%29%2F6 + %286%2A7%29%2F8 + . . . + %2898%2A99%29%2F100 - (1%2F2 + 1%2F3 + 1%2F4 + . . . + 1%2F50).


it can be re-grouped as the sum of addends

    %28%282n%29%2A%282n%2B1%29%29%2F%282n%2B2%29+-+1%2F%28n%2B1%29,  n = 1, 2, 3, . . . , 49.


Each addend can be simplified

    %28%282n%29%2A%282n%2B1%29%29%2F%282n%2B2%29+-+1%2F%28n%2B1%29 = %28n%2A%282n%2B1%29%29%2F%28n%2B1%29+-+1%2F%28n%2B1%29 = 2n-1.


So, the original sum is the sum of the terms  (2n-1), n= 1, 2, 3, . . . 49

    1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 97.


It is the sum of an arithmetic progression with the first term  a%5B1%5D = 1, last term a%5B49%5D = 97 and the number of terms  %2897-1%29%2F2 + 1 = 49.


The sum of this progression is

    S = %28%28a%5B1%5D%2Ba%5B49%5D%29%2F2%29%2A49 = %28%281%2B97%29%2F2%29%2A49 = 49%5E2 = 2401.


ANSWER.  The given expression has the value of  2401.

Solved.