SOLUTION: Please help me! I need to find the 10th term of the geometric sequence. a9 = 8; r = .5 thanks

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Question 77796: Please help me!
I need to find the 10th term of the geometric sequence.
a9 = 8; r = .5
thanks

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you want to find , then simply multiply r by . The reason why this works is because r is the constant that you multiply by to get from term to term. So we find that equals






So our tenth term is 4

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