a; \(\dfrac{1}{4}\) + \(\dfrac{2}{5}\) + \(\dfrac{6}{8}\) + \(\dfrac{9}{15}\) + \(\dfrac{8}{1}\)
= (\(\dfrac{1}{4}\) + \(\dfrac{6}{8}\)) + (\(\dfrac{2}{5}\) + \(\dfrac{9}{15}\)) + \(\dfrac{8}{1}\)
= (\(\dfrac{1}{4}\) + \(\dfrac{3}{4}\)) + (\(\dfrac{2}{5}\) + \(\dfrac{3}{5}\)) + 8
= 1 + 1 + 8
= 2 + 8
= 10
b; \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) + \(\dfrac{2}{4}\) + \(\dfrac{3}{6}\) + \(\dfrac{4}{8}\) + \(\dfrac{5}{10}\) + \(\dfrac{6}{12}\) + \(\dfrac{7}{14}\) + \(\dfrac{8}{16}\) + \(\dfrac{10}{20}\)
= \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) + \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) x (\(\dfrac{2}{2}\) + \(\dfrac{3}{3}\) + \(\dfrac{4}{4}\) + \(\dfrac{5}{5}\)+ \(\dfrac{6}{6}+\dfrac{7}{7}+\dfrac{8}{8}\) + \(\dfrac{10}{10}\))
= \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) + \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) x (1 + 1 +1 + 1+ 1+ 1+ 1 +1)
= \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) + \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) x 1 x 8
= \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) + \(\)\(\dfrac{1}{2}\) x 8
= \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) + 4
= \(\dfrac{9}{2}\)
c; \(\dfrac{1}{10}\) + \(\dfrac{4}{20}\) + \(\dfrac{9}{30}\)+\(\dfrac{16}{40}+\dfrac{25}{50}+\dfrac{36}{60}+\dfrac{49}{70}+\dfrac{64}{80}+\dfrac{81}{90}\)
= \(\dfrac{1}{10}+\dfrac{2}{10}+\dfrac{3}{10}+\dfrac{4}{10}+\dfrac{5}{10}+\dfrac{6}{10}+\dfrac{7}{10}+\dfrac{8}{10}+\dfrac{9}{10}\)
= \(\dfrac{1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9}{10}\)
= \(\dfrac{\left(1+9\right)+\left(2+8\right)+\left(3+7\right)+\left(4+6\right)+5}{10}\)
= \(\dfrac{10+10+10+10+5}{10}\)
= \(\dfrac{\left(10+10+10+10\right)+5}{10}\)
= \(\dfrac{10\times4+5}{10}\)
= \(\dfrac{45}{10}\)
= \(\dfrac{9}{2}\)
