Determinants..

Prove that:

\begin{vmatrix}\frac{1}{p+1}&\frac{1}{p+2}&\ldots &\frac{1}{p+n}\\ \frac{1}{p+2}&\frac{1}{p+3}&\ldots &\frac{1}{p+n+1}\\ \vdots &\vdots &\ddots &\vdots\\ \frac{1}{p+n}&\frac{1}{p+n+1}&\ldots &\frac{1}{p+2n-1}\end{vmatrix}=\frac{[1! 2!\ldots (n-1)! (p+1)! (p+2)!\ldots (p+n-1)! ]^{2}}{(p+1)! (p+2)!\ldots (p+2n-1)! }

It could have easily been a Non Olympiad question.. in the sense that it does not require a lot of brain bashing.. but still a good one to try?

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