Geometric Sequences and Summing Geometric Sequences

Find the next three terms of the sequence 31104, 5184, 864, ___, ___, ___.

• 104, 44, 24

• 124, 44, 14

• 144, 24, 4

• 164, 54, 34

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which sequence has a common ratio of -2?

• 4, 8, 16, 32

• 4, -8, 16, -32

• 32, 16, 8, 4

• -32, 16, -8, 4

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Find the common ratio for the following geometric sequence:

7, -7, 7, -7, ...

• 1

• -1

• 7

• -7

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Write the explicit formula for the following geometric sequence: 10, 20, 40, 80, ...

• a_n = 10(2)^n-1

• a_n = 2(10)^n-1

• a_n = 10(2)ⁿ

• a_n = 2(10)ⁿ

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Find a₁₂ for the geometric sequence defined by the following formula:

a_n = 6(2)^n-1

• 4096

• 24,576

• 2048

• 12,288

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Write an explicit rule for the general term of the sequence 5, 15, 45, . . . ?

• a_n = a_n-1 x 3

• a_n = 5(3)^n-1

• a_n = 3(5)^n-1

• a_n = 5 + (n-1)3

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Write the explicit rule for the following geometric sequence: 2, -12, 72, ...

• a_n = 72(-6)^n-1

• a_n = 2(-6)^n-1

• a_n = 2(6)^n-1

• a_n = 72(-6)^n-1

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Write the explicit formula for the following geometric sequence:

3, -12, 48, -192, ...

• 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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Find the 11^th term for:  64, -32, 16, -8, …  

• -.0625

• .0625

• -.03125

• .03125

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Find a₁₁ in the following geometric sequence:

• -4,096

• -¹/₂₅₆

• -3,072

• -236,196

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