1.   Find the next three terms of the sequence 9, 2, -5, -12, ... .
    A. -24, -31, and -38 B. -17, -24, and -31
    C. -12, -17, and -24 D. None of these is correct.
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  2.   Find the seventeenth term, a17, in the sequence 11.7, 15.2, 18.7, ...
    A. 74.7 B. 64.2
    C. 71.2 D. 67.7
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  3.   Find the next three terms of the sequence 2, -6, 18, -54, ... .
    A. 162, 486, -1458 B. 162, -486, 1458
    C. None of these is correct. D. -162, 486, -1458
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  4.   The fifth term of a geometric sequence is . The common ratio is . Find the first term.
    A. 9 B. 10
    C. 11 D. 8
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  5.   Find the next three terms of , 1, 4, 13.
    A. 40, 121, 364 B. 40, 120, 364
    C. 40, 121, 365 D. 40, 121, 360
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