\(\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{6}+\dfrac{1}{12}+\dfrac{1}{20}+\dfrac{1}{30}+\dfrac{1}{42}+\dfrac{1}{56}=\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2.3}+\dfrac{1}{3.4}+\dfrac{1}{4.5}+\dfrac{1}{5.6}+\dfrac{1}{6.7}+\dfrac{1}{7.8}\\ =\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}-\dfrac{1}{3}+\dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{4}+\dfrac{1}{4}-\dfrac{1}{5}+\dfrac{1}{5}-\dfrac{1}{6}+\dfrac{1}{6}-\dfrac{1}{7}+\dfrac{1}{7}-\dfrac{1}{8}\\ =\left(-\dfrac{1}{3}+\dfrac{1}{3}\right)+\left(-\dfrac{1}{4}+\dfrac{1}{4}\right)+\left(-\dfrac{1}{5}+\dfrac{1}{5}\right)+\left(-\dfrac{1}{6}+\dfrac{1}{6}\right)+\left(-\dfrac{1}{7}+\dfrac{1}{7}\right)+\left(\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}-\dfrac{1}{8}\right)\\ =\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}-\dfrac{1}{8}=1-\dfrac{1}{8}=\dfrac{8-1}{8}=\dfrac{7}{8}\)
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`\downarrow`
\(\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{6}+\dfrac{1}{12}+\dfrac{1}{20}+\dfrac{1}{30}+\dfrac{1}{42}+\dfrac{1}{56}\)
`=`\(\dfrac{1}{1\times2}+\dfrac{1}{2\times3}+\dfrac{1}{3\times4}+\dfrac{1}{4\times5}+\dfrac{1}{5\times6}+\dfrac{1}{6\times7}+\dfrac{1}{7\times8}\)
`=`\(1-\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}-\dfrac{1}{3}+\dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{4}+\dfrac{1}{4}+...+\dfrac{1}{7}-\dfrac{1}{8}\)
`=`\(1-\dfrac{1}{8}\)
`=`\(\dfrac{7}{8}\)
