document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=327095>Question 327095</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ``PLEASE HELP: find the 100th term and the nth term.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3,9,27,81,243....''.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #234262 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jessica43><B>jessica43(140)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jessica43><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=234262\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sequence 3,9,27,81,243.... can be rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3^1, 3^2, 3^3, 3^4, 3^5........<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the first term is: 3^1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Second term: 3^2 or (3*3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Third term: 3^3 or (3*3*3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Continue this pattern and the 100th term is: 3^100 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the nth term is: 3^n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is no acutal number for 3^n because you don't know what n equals.  The actual number for 3^100 = 5.15377521 × 10^47.  This is a huge number which is why I didn't write it out and just left it as 3^100. </SPAN>\n" );
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