document.write( "Question 697721: Give the common ratio and the next two terms of 1, g, 2g, 4g. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "That's not a geometric sequence.\r\n" );
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document.write( "g, 2g, 4g would be a geometric sequence with common ratio 2, and\r\n" );
document.write( "the next two terms would be 8g and 16g \r\n" );
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document.write( "But having 1 for the first term keeps it from being a geometric sequence.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If it were\r\n" );
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document.write( "g/2, g, 2q, 4g then it would be a geometric sequence, with common\r\n" );
document.write( "ratio 2, and the next two terms would be 8g and 16g.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But the first term cannot be 1.  Do you copy it wrong?\r\n" );
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