SOLUTION: what is the common ratio for the sequence {8,24,72,216}?
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Question 971632: what is the common ratio for the sequence {8,24,72,216}?
Answer by Horlaye(27) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We divide any term by a term before it to get our common ratio.
Therefore let divide the 2and term by the first term
24/8 = 3
Hence 3 is our common ratio
Note : multiply a term by 3 in the sequence it will give us the next term.
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