If $$\frac{1}{\sqrt{1}+\sqrt{2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}}+\ldots+\frac{1}{\sqrt{99}+\sqrt{100}}=m$$ and $\frac{1}{1 \cdot 2}+\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3}+\ldots+\frac{1}{99 \cdot 100}=\mathrm{n}$, then the point $(\mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n})$ lies on the line
Solution
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& \frac{1}{\sqrt{1}+\sqrt{2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}}+\ldots+\frac{1}{\sqrt{99}+\sqrt{100}}=m \\
& \text { and } \frac{1}{1 \cdot 2}+\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3}+\ldots+\frac{1}{99 \cdot 100}=n \\
& \frac{1}{\sqrt{1}+\sqrt{2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}}+\ldots+\frac{1}{\sqrt{99}+\sqrt{100}} \\
& =\frac{1}{\sqrt{1}+\sqrt{2}} \times \frac{\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{1}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}+\sqrt{2}} \times \frac{\sqrt{3}-\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}-\sqrt{2}} \\
& \quad+\ldots+\frac{1}{\sqrt{99}+\sqrt{100}} \times \frac{\sqrt{100}-\sqrt{99}}{\sqrt{100}-\sqrt{99}}
\end{aligned}$$</p>
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& =\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{1}+\sqrt{3}-\sqrt{2}+\ldots+\sqrt{100}-\sqrt{99} \\
& =\sqrt{100}-\sqrt{1} \\
& =10-1 \\
& \Rightarrow m=9
\end{aligned}$$</p>
<p>and $\frac{1}{1 \cdot 2}+\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3}+\ldots+\frac{1}{99 \cdot 100}=n$</p>
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& \frac{2-1}{1 \times 2}+\frac{3-2}{2 \times 3}+\ldots+\frac{100-99}{100 \times 99}=n \\
& \Rightarrow 1-\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3}+\ldots+\frac{1}{99}-\frac{1}{100}=n \\
& \Rightarrow n=1-\frac{1}{100} \\
& \Rightarrow n=\frac{99}{100} \\
& (m, n)=\left(9, \frac{99}{100}\right)
\end{aligned}$$</p>
<p>Satisfies the line $11 x-100 y=0$</p>
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Sequences and Series · Topic: Arithmetic Progression
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