Gọi biểu thức trên là S. Ta có :
\(S=\dfrac{1}{1\times2\times3}+\dfrac{1}{2\times3\times4}+\dfrac{1}{3\times4\times5}+...+\dfrac{1}{18\times19\times20}\)
\(=\dfrac{1}{2}\times\left(\dfrac{2}{1\times2\times3}+\dfrac{2}{2\times3\times4}+\dfrac{2}{3\times4\times5}+...+\dfrac{2}{18\times19\times20}\right)\)
Trước tiên, ta áp dụng : \(\dfrac{2}{a\left(a+1\right)\left(a+2\right)}=\dfrac{1}{a\left(a+1\right)}-\dfrac{1}{\left(a+1\right)\left(a+2\right)}\)
Ta sẽ có :
\(S=\dfrac{1}{2}\times\left(\dfrac{1}{1\times2}-\dfrac{1}{2\times3}+\dfrac{1}{2\times3}-\dfrac{1}{3\times4}+\dfrac{1}{3\times4}-\dfrac{1}{4\times5}+...+\dfrac{1}{18\times19}-\dfrac{1}{19\times20}\right)\)
\(=\dfrac{1}{2}\times\left(\dfrac{1}{1\times2}-\dfrac{1}{19\times20}\right)\)
\(=\dfrac{1}{2}\times\dfrac{1}{1\times2}-\dfrac{1}{2}\times\dfrac{1}{19\times20}\)
\(=\dfrac{1}{4}-\dfrac{1}{760}=\dfrac{189}{760}\)
`=1/2(1/1×2 - 1/2×3 + 1/2×3 - 1/3×4 + 1/3×4 - 1/4×5 + ... + 1/18×19 - 1/19×20)`
`=1/2(1/2 - 1/19×20)`
`=1/2×189/380 `
`=189/760`
