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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer

Suppose that a=1na=\frac{1}{n}, where nn is a positive integer with n>1n>1. Which of the following statements is true?

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

Since a=1na=\frac{1}{n} where nn is a positive integer with n>1n>1, then 0<a<10<a<1 and 1a=n>1\frac{1}{a}=n>1. Thus, 0<a<1<1a0<a<1<\frac{1}{a}, which eliminates choices (D) and (E). Since 0<a<10<a<1, then a2a^{2} is positive and a2<aa^{2}<a, which eliminates choices (A) and (C). Thus, 0<a2<a<1<1a0<a^{2}<a<1<\frac{1}{a}, which tells us that (B) must be correct.

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