document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=453961>Question 453961</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Identify the 9th term in the geometric sequence.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "972, 324, 108, 36,...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)	1/27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b)	4/27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c)	1/81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d)	4/81<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ A_n\ =\ 972\,\cdot\,\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^{n\,-\,1}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So for the 9th term, replace <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large n\"> with 9:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ A_9\ =\ 972\,\cdot\,\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^{8}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The rest is just calculator arithmetic.  Hint:  Your calculator is going to give you a repeating decimal for an answer.  Multiply the calculator result by 3, then do it again, and continue until the calculator gives you a whole number.  That is the numerator of your fractional answer.  3 raised to the power of the number of times you multiplied by 3 is the denominator.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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