1986 AHSME Problems/Problem 9

Problem

The product $\left(1-\frac{1}{2^{2}}\right)\left(1-\frac{1}{3^{2}}\right)\ldots\left(1-\frac{1}{9^{2}}\right)\left(1-\frac{1}{10^{2}}\right)$ equals

$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{5}{12}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{2}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{11}{20}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{2}{3}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{7}{10}$

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