Geometric Sequences and Summing Geometric Sequences

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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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Find the next three terms: 4, 12, 36, 108, ...

• 324, 972, 2916

• 972, 2916, 8748

• 405, 1215, 3645

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Find the common ratio: 4, -16, 64, -256, ...

• r = -4

• r = 2

• r = -2

• r = 4

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Find a₁₂ in the sequence -1, -3, -9, -27, ...

• -177,147

• -19,683

• -59,049

• 118,098

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

The "a" value in f(x)=a(b)^x for geometric sequences represents what?

• first term

• term we're looking for, minus one

• common difference

• common ratio

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

What does r represent in Geometric Sequences?

• Common Ratio

• Range

• Rate

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

What is the sum of the first ten terms of the sequence 4, -12, 36, -144 . . . ?

• 59,050

• -59,048

• -78,732

• 118,096

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.4

Find the next three terms: -4, -12, -36, -108, ...

• 36, -108, 324

• -324, -972, -2916

• 324, -972, 2916

• -108, 324, -972

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

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

• 2

• 1/2

• -14

• -7

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

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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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2