What is the value of the infinite product (1/2) * (2/3) * (3/4) * (4/5) * ... to infinity?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Analyze the behavior of the product as more terms are added.
Answer
0
Explanation
As the number of terms approaches infinity, the product approaches zero, because each term contributes a fraction less than one.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 0.
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