Trước tiên, chúng ta cần có lý thuyết về biến đổi phân số.
\(\dfrac{b-a}{a\cdot b}=\dfrac{1}{a}-\dfrac{1}{b}\)
Ta có:
\(S=\dfrac{1}{1\cdot2}+\dfrac{1}{2\cdot3}+\dfrac{1}{3\cdot4}+...+\dfrac{1}{2017\cdot2018}\)
\(S=1-\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}-\dfrac{1}{3}+\dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{4}+...+\dfrac{1}{2017}-\dfrac{1}{2018}\)
\(S=1+\left(-\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}\right)+\left(-\dfrac{1}{3}+\dfrac{1}{3}\right)+...-\dfrac{1}{2018}\)
\(S=1-\dfrac{1}{2018}\)
\(S=\dfrac{2017}{2018}\)
=1/1.2+1/2.3+1/3.4+...1/2017.2018
=1/1-1/2+1/2-1/3+1/3-1/4+...+1/2017-1/2018
=1-1/2018
=2018/2018-1/2018
=2017/2018
S = \(\dfrac{1}{1.2}\) + \(\dfrac{1}{2.3}\) + \(\dfrac{1}{3.4}\)+ .......+ \(\dfrac{1}{2017.2018}\)
S = \(\dfrac{1}{1}\) - \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) + \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) - \(\dfrac{1}{3}\) + \(\dfrac{1}{3}\) - \(\dfrac{1}{4}\)+.......+ \(\dfrac{1}{2017}\) - \(\dfrac{1}{2018}\)
S = \(\dfrac{1}{1}\) - \(\dfrac{1}{2018}\)
S = \(\dfrac{2017}{2018}\)