Telescoping or Non-Standard Summation Involving an AP
Evaluate a sum that involves arithmetic sequence terms in a non-standard way, such as reciprocals of products of consecutive terms, rationalized radical expressions, or partial fractions.
$$\left( \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { 9 } k \right) \cdot \left( \sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { 8 } \frac { 1 } { n ( n + 1 ) } \right)$$ What is the result of this operation? A) 27 B) 30 C) 32 D) 36 E) 40