SOLUTION: Find the common ratio of 12, -8, 16/3, -32/9, ...........
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Question 1205043: Find the common ratio of 12, -8, 16/3, -32/9, ...........
Answer by ikleyn(52908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Divide the next number by the previous number.
Do it as many times as possible and compare the quotients in order for to make sure that they are all equal.
Happy calculations (!)
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Same as plotting graphs and making tables.
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