Show that for natural numbers x and y if x/y > 1 then
x
y
> (x+1)
(y+1)
> 1.
Hence prove that
P = 2
1
. 4
3
. 6
5
... k
k-1
>   ___
Ök+1
 
.
This shows that the product
P=Pi=1n 2i
2i-1

tends to infinity as n tends to infinity. Now, using a similar method, show that
Q = 2
1
. 4
3
. 6
5
... 100
99
> 12.