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prealgebra junior

Problem

The product of the 9 factors
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
First doing the subtraction, we get We notice a lot of terms cancel. In fact, every term in the numerator except for the and every term in the denominator except for the will cancel, so the answer is , or If you don't believe this, then rearrange the factors in the denominator to get Everything except for the first term is , so the product is
Final answer
A