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Re: Sequence S is the sequence of numbers a1, a2, a3, ... , an. [#permalink]
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an=(n+1)/3n

a1=2/3
a2=3/6
a3=4/9
a4=5/12
and so on

the product of all 53 terms will look like

=(2/3)*(3*6)*(4/9)*(5/12)*....
=(2/(3*1))*(3/(3*2))*(4/(3*3))*(5/(3*4))...
Notice that each of the 53 terms in the denominator we have a 3 as a factor. So when all these 3's get multiplied together we get

(2*3*4*5*...53*54)/((3^53)*1*2*3*4...*53)
The terms 2 to 53 get cancelled out with ones in the numerator leaving
=54/(3^53)
=(27*2)/(3^53)
=((3^3)*2)/(3^53)
=2/(3^50)

Final Answer: B
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Re: Sequence S is the sequence of numbers a1, a2, a3, ... , an. [#permalink]
Given that \(a_n=\frac{n+1}{3n}\) and we need to find the product of the first 53 numbers in sequence S

\(a_1=\frac{1+1}{3*1}\) = \(\frac{2}{3*1}\)
\(a_2=\frac{2+1}{3*2}\) = \(\frac{3}{3*2}\)
\(a_3=\frac{3+1}{3*3}\) = \(\frac{4}{3*3}\)
\(a_4=\frac{4+1}{3*4}\) = \(\frac{5}{3*4}\)

So, Product of first 53 terms will be \(\frac{2}{3*1}* \frac{3}{3*2} * \frac{4}{3*3}*....*\frac{53}{3*52} * \frac{54}{3*53}\)
So, All numbers in numerator will cancel out apart from 54 and all numbers in denominator which are getting multiplied by 3 will cancel out

=> We will be left with \(\frac{54}{3*3*....*3}\) (3 in denominator will be 53 times one for each of the 53 terms)

= \(\frac{54}{3^53}\) = \(\frac{27*2}{3^53}\) = \(\frac{3^3*2}{3^53}\) = \(\frac{2}{3^50}\)

So, Answer will be B
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