Geometric Sequence

What does r represent?

• Radical

• Common difference

• Common ratio

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Find the common ratio for the geometric sequence.

• 10
• 1/2
• 2
• 4

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Is the sequence -432, 72, -12, 2,...geometric?

• yes
• no

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What are the next 3 terms in the following geometric sequence:

512, 256, 128, ___, ___, ___, ...

• 1024, 2048, 4096

• 32, 8, 2

• 64, 32, 16

• 92, 66, 38

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Write the explicit formula for the geometric sequence.

• a_n = 4(3)^n-1
• a_n = 3(4)^n-1
• a_n = -4(3)^n-1
• a_n = 3(-4)^n-1

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What is the 14th term of the geometric sequence?

• 14,348,907
• 4,782,969
• 1,594,323
• 45

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Given the sequence:

125, 25, 5, ....

Write the rule a_n using the geometric sequence formula:

• a_n = (125)(1/5)^(n-1)

• a_n = 625(1/5)^(n-1)

• a_n = 625(5)^(n-1)

• a_n = 125 + 5n

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The rule for finding a_n of a geometric sequence is

a_n = 10(2)^n-1 _{What is the common ratio(r) of the sequence?}

• ²

• ¹⁰

• ²⁰

• 2ⁿ

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Is the sequence 2, 4, 12, 48,... geometric?

• yes
• no

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What is the common ratio for the sequence:
28, 14, 7, 3.5...

• 2
• 1/2
• -14
• -7

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