2018 AMC 8 Problem 2

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What is the value of the product (1+11)(1+12)(1+13)(1+14)(1+15)(1+16)?\begin{align*} &\left(1+\frac{1}{1}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{2}\right)\\ &\quad{}\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{3}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{4}\right)\\ &\quad{}\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{5}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{6}\right)? \end{align*}

76 \dfrac{7}{6}

43 \dfrac{4}{3}

72 \dfrac{7}{2}

7 7

8 8

Answer: D
Concepts:telescopingfraction
Difficulty rating: 660
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Let's first note that if we are given an expression of the form 1+1n,1 + \frac{1}{n}, we can rewrite this as nn+1n=n+1n.\frac{n}{n} + \frac{1}{n} = \frac{n+1}{n}. With that in mind, we can rewrite the expression given to us in the problem, as shown below: (1+11)(1+12)(1+13)(1+14)(1+15)(1+16)=213243546576=7\begin{align*} &\left(1+\frac{1}{1}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{2}\right)\\ &\quad{}\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{3}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{4}\right)\\ &\quad{}\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{5}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{6}\right)\\ &=\dfrac{2}{1} \cdot \dfrac{3}{2} \cdot \dfrac{4}{3} \cdot\dfrac{5}{4} \cdot\dfrac{6}{5} \cdot\dfrac{7}{6}\\ &=7 \end{align*} Thus, the correct answer is D.

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