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100 400 900 1600 2500 99 399 899 1599 2499 = A 5 \frac {100\cdot400\cdot900\cdot1600\cdot2500\cdots}{99\cdot399\cdot899\cdot1599\cdot2499\cdots} = \frac {A}{5}

Report A A to 4 decimal places.


The answer is 5.0832.

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We know:

sin x x = ( 1 x 2 π 2 ) ( 1 x 2 4 π 2 ) ( 1 x 2 9 π 2 ) ( 1 x 2 16 π 2 ) \frac {\sin{x}}{x}= \left(1-\frac {x^2}{\pi^2}\right)\left(1-\frac {x^2}{4\pi^2}\right)\left(1-\frac {x^2}{9\pi^2}\right)\left(1-\frac {x^2}{16\pi^2}\right)\cdots

Putting x = π / 10 x=\pi/10 and knowing that sin ( π / 10 ) = 1 2 ϕ \sin(\pi/10)=\displaystyle \frac 1{2\phi} where, ϕ = 1 + 5 2 \displaystyle \phi=\frac {1+\sqrt{5}}{2} we get,

5 π ϕ = ( 1 1 10 2 ) ( 1 1 20 2 ) ( 1 1 30 2 ) \frac {5}{\pi\cdot\phi}=\left(1-\frac 1{{10}^2}\right)\left(1-\frac 1{{20}^2}\right)\left(1-\frac 1{{30}^2}\right)\cdots

hence,

100 400 900 1600 2500 99 399 899 1599 2499 = π ϕ 5 \frac {100\cdot400\cdot900\cdot1600\cdot2500\cdots}{99\cdot399\cdot899\cdot1599\cdot2499\cdots} = \frac {\pi\cdot\phi}{5}

A 5.0832 \therefore A \approx \boxed{5.0832}

It's nice. Where did you learn these things ?

Naren Bhandari - 3 years, 2 months ago

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SL Loney's Plane Trigonometry 2 chapter 9 covers this topic

Mrigank Shekhar Pathak - 3 years, 2 months ago

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