document.write( "Question 376960: Find the 7th term of the geometric sequence −8, 4, −2, ...
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document.write( "geometric sequence  -8, 4, -2,...
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document.write( "Finding  the 7th term by listing out the first terms of the sequence:
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document.write( "  -8, 4, -2, 1, -1/2, 1/4, -1/8, ...
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document.write( "using a formula for finding the nth term of a geometric sequence
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document.write( " where r is the common ratio.  In this ex: r = (-1/2)
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document.write( "geometric sequence  3, 6, 12, ...
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document.write( "Finding  the 10th term by listing out the first ten terms of the sequence:
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document.write( "3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384, 768, 1536
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document.write( "using a formula for finding the nth term of a geometric sequence
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document.write( " where r is the common ratio.  In this ex: r = 2
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