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The product of (1−1x+1)(1−1x+2)(1−1x+3)⋯(1−12x) \left(1 - \frac{1}{x+1}\right) \left(1 - \frac{1}{x+2}\right) \left(1 - \frac{1}{x+3}\right) \cdo
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The product of (11x+1)(11x+2)(11x+3)(112x) \left(1 - \frac{1}{x+1}\right) \left(1 - \frac{1}{x+2}\right) \left(1 - \frac{1}{x+3}\right) \cdots \left(1 - \frac{1}{2x}\right)​ is:

A.

x12x\frac{x-1}{2x}​​

B.

12\frac{1}2​​

C.

(2x+1)2x\frac{(2x+1)}{2x}​​

D.

32\frac{3}2​​

Correct option is B

​Given:

P(x)=(11x+1)(11x+2)(11x+3)(112x)P(x) = \left(1 - \frac{1}{x+1}\right) \left(1 - \frac{1}{x+2}\right) \left(1 - \frac{1}{x+3}\right) \cdots \left(1 - \frac{1}{2x}\right) 

Solution:

Simplifying each factor of the expression;

Each term in the product has the form 11x+k1 -\frac{1}{ x + k} ​ , where k is an integer ranging from 1 to x. We can rewrite each term as:

(11x+k)=x+k1x+k\left(1 - \frac{1}{x+k}\right) = \frac{x+k-1}{x+k} 

Therefore, the product becomes:

P(x)=k=1xx+k1x+kP(x) = \prod_{k=1}^{x} \frac{x+k-1}{x+k} 

We can write:

P(x)=xx+1×x+1x+2×x+2x+3××2x12xP(x) = \frac{x}{x+1} \times \frac{x+1}{x+2} \times \frac{x+2}{x+3} \times \cdots \times \frac{2x-1}{2x} 

Notice that the numerator of each term cancels with the denominator of the next term. So, all intermediate terms cancel out, and we are left with:

P(x)=x2xP(x) = \frac{x}{2x} 

P(x)=12P(x) = \frac{1}{2} 

thus, The product is:  12\frac{1}{2} .​

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