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If $<a_{2}>$ and $<b_{n}>$ are two sequences given by $a_{1}=2^{1 / 2}+3^{1 / 2}$ $a_{2}=2^{14}+3^{1 / 4}$ $a_{3}=2^{1 / 8}+3^{1 / 8}$ and $b_{1}=2^{1 / 2}-3^{1 / 2}$ $b_{2}=2^{1 / 4}-3^{1 / 4}$ $b_{3}=2^{1 / 8}-3^{1 / 8}$ $\ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots$ Then $\mathrm{a}_{1} \mathrm{a}_{2} \mathrm{a}_{3} \ldots \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{n}}$ equals (a) $\mathrm{b}_{1} \mathrm{~b}_{2} \ldots \mathrm{b}_{=}$ (b) $\frac{1}{b_{1} b_{2} \ldots b_{n}}$ (c) $\frac{1}{b_{\mathrm{n}}}$ (d) $\frac{-1}{\mathrm{~b}_{\mathrm{n}}}$

If $<a_{2}>$ and $<b_{n}>$ are two sequences given by $a_{1}=2^{1 / 2}+3^{1 / 2}$
$a_{2}=2^{14}+3^{1 / 4}$
$a_{3}=2^{1 / 8}+3^{1 / 8}$
and $b_{1}=2^{1 / 2}-3^{1 / 2}$
$b_{2}=2^{1 / 4}-3^{1 / 4}$
$b_{3}=2^{1 / 8}-3^{1 / 8}$
$\ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots$
Then $\mathrm{a}_{1} \mathrm{a}_{2} \mathrm{a}_{3} \ldots \mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{n}}$ equals
(a) $\mathrm{b}_{1} \mathrm{~b}_{2} \ldots \mathrm{b}_{=}$
(b) $\frac{1}{b_{1} b_{2} \ldots b_{n}}$
(c) $\frac{1}{b_{\mathrm{n}}}$
(d) $\frac{-1}{\mathrm{~b}_{\mathrm{n}}}$

Key Concepts

Properties of Exponents and Radicals

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Conjugate Pairs and the Difference of Squares

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Telescoping Products

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Sequence Manipulation

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