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Find the value of ?? in the given surds & fractions equation: 12+1+13+2+14+3++1121+120=?\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+1} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}+\sqrt{2}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{4}+\sqrt{3}} + \dots + \frac{1}{\sqrt{121}+\sqrt{120}} = ?

Find the value of ?? in the given surds & fractions equation: 12+1+13+2+14+3++1121+120=?\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+1} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}+\sqrt{2}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{4}+\sqrt{3}} + \dots + \frac{1}{\sqrt{121}+\sqrt{120}} = ?

  1. 1010

  2. 1111

  3. 99

  4. 120\sqrt{120}

  5. 1212

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1010

Explanation

Rationalizing each term of the form 1n+1+n\frac{1}{\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n}}: n+1n(n+1)n=n+1n\frac{\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n}}{(n+1)-n} = \sqrt{n+1} - \sqrt{n}. The series becomes: (21)+(32)+(43)++(121120)(\sqrt{2}-1) + (\sqrt{3}-\sqrt{2}) + (\sqrt{4}-\sqrt{3}) + \dots + (\sqrt{121}-\sqrt{120}). All intermediate terms cancel out, leaving: 1211=111=10\sqrt{121} - 1 = 11 - 1 = 10.

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