document.write( "Question 175764: Find all the geometric sequences such that the sum of the first two terms is 2 and the sum of the first three terms is 3.\r
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Find all the geometric sequences such that the sum of the first two terms is 2 and the sum of the first three terms is 3.
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document.write( "Now if you subtract the first equations\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the first three terms are\r\n" );
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document.write( "and  is given by:\r\n" );
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document.write( "So all such geometric sequences are of the form:\r\n" );
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