2016 AMC 12 B Problem 21 (Telescoping Series)

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The series whose partial sums cancel out numerous intermediate values are called telescoping series. The one in the video - 1/(n(n+1)) - is perhaps one of the most well-known.

The problem on this video is copyrighted by the Mathematical Association of America's American Mathematics Competitions.

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