SOLUTION: find the 9th term og the geometric sequence -8/9, -8/3, -8

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Question 332434: find the 9th term og the geometric sequence
-8/9, -8/3, -8
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-8/9, -8/3, -8

To find the common ratio r, we divide the 2nd term by the 1st term:



And as a check we divide the 3rd term by the 2nd term to see if we get
the same common ratio:



The formula for the nth term is:



So substitute n=9,  and 







Edwin
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