Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences

Which kind of sequence has a common ratio?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric

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Which kind of sequence has a common difference?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric

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Is this sequence arithmetic, geometric, or neither?
{26, 22, 18, 14, ...}

• Arithmetic
• Geometric
• Neither

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Is this sequence Arithmetic, Geometric, or Neither?
{2, 9, 7, 14, 12, 19, ... }

• Arithmetic
• Geometric
• Neither

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Create the explicit formula for the sequence:
2, 8, 14, ...
(Hint:  Write your formula and then simplify it.)

• a_n=2+6n
• a_n=-6+6n
• a_n=6n-4
• a_n=4-6n

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Identify the common difference.
97, 86, 75, 64, ...

• 8
• 11
• -11
• -8

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Find the 32nd term of this sequence.
34, 37, 40, 43, ...

• 32
• 64
• 127
• 356

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Find the 25th term of the sequence if a₁ = 5 and d = 0.5

• 18
• 17
• 15
• 14

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What is a₅ in the sequence defined as follows?
a_n = 5 ⋅ 2^(n-1) 

• a₅ = 160
• a₅ = 40
• a₅ = 10
• a₅ = 80

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What is the common ratio of the geometric sequence below?
5, 25, 125, 625...

• 25
• 20
• 5
• 4

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