SOLUTION: What is the difference between geometric and arithmetic sequences?

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Question 1162121: What is the difference between geometric and arithmetic sequences?
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, ikleyn:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The difference is the way we get each succeeding term after the first.

With arithmetic sequences, after the first term, we ADD the same constant,
called the common DIFFERENCE, to each term to get the next term.

With geometric sequences, after the first term, we MULTIPLY the same constant,
called the common RATIO, by each term to get the next term.

Edwin
Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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While under isolation,  or at the remote educational mode,  you still can learn about arithmetic and geometric progressions
from these introductory lessons in this site

    - Arithmetic progressions
    - The proofs of the formulas for arithmetic progressions
    - Problems on arithmetic progressions
    - Word problems on arithmetic progressions
    - Chocolate bars and arithmetic progressions
and
    - Geometric progressions
    - The proofs of the formulas for geometric progressions
    - Problems on geometric progressions
    - Solved problems on geometric progressions
    - Word problems on geometric progressions


Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topics "Arithmetic progressions"  and  "Geometric progressions".


Save the link to this textbook together with its description

Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/complex/ALGEBRA-II-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson

into your archive and use when it is needed.


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