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Find the next three terms of the sequence 9, 2, -5, -12, ... . |
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-24, -31, and -38 |
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None of these is correct. |
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-12, -17, and -24 |
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-17, -24, and -31 |
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Find the seventeenth term, a17, in the sequence 11.7, 15.2, 18.7, ... |
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71.2 |
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64.2 |
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74.7 |
D. |
67.7 |
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The fifth term of a geometric sequence is  . The common ratio is  . Find the first term. |
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11 |
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10 |
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8 |
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9 |
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Find the next three terms of 0, 9, 18, 27, …. |
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36, 45, 53 |
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36, 45, 55 |
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36, 44, 53 |
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36, 45, 54 |
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Determine whether the sequence is geometric. If it is, state the common ratio. Write the next three terms of the sequence.
96, 48, 24, 12, 6, … |
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The sequence is not geometric. |
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B. |
The sequence is geometric. The common ratio is 2. The next three terms are 3,  , and  . |
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The sequence is geometric. The common ratio is  . The next three terms are 3, 1, and . |
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The sequence is geometric. The common ratio is 2. The next three terms are 192, 384, and 768. |
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