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Simplify the following and express with positive index :

[1 - {1 - (1 - n)-1}-1]-1

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Simplifying the expression :

[1{1(1n)1}1]1=[1{111n}1]1=[1{1n11n}1]1=[1{n1n}1]1=[1{1nn}]1=[1+1nn]1=[n+1nn]1=[1n]1=n.\Rightarrow [1 - {1 - (1 - n)^{-1}}^{-1}]^{-1} = \Big[1 - \Big{1 - \dfrac{1}{1 - n}\Big}^{-1}\Big]^{-1} \\[1em] = \Big[1 - \Big{\dfrac{1 - n - 1}{1 - n}\Big}^{-1}\Big]^{-1} \\[1em] = \Big[1 - \Big{\dfrac{-n}{1 - n}\Big}^{-1}\Big]^{-1} \\[1em] = \Big[1 - \Big{-\dfrac{1 - n}{n}\Big}\Big]^{-1} \\[1em] = \Big[1 + \dfrac{1 - n}{n}\Big]^{-1} \\[1em] = \Big[\dfrac{n + 1 - n}{n}\Big]^{-1} \\[1em] = \Big[\dfrac{1}{n}\Big]^{-1}\\[1em] = n.

Hence, [1{1(1n)1}1]1=n[1 - {1 - (1 - n)^{-1}}^{-1}]^{-1} = n.

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