document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=760501>Question 760501</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> not sure why i cant find a method to do this question.  the answers are:-<BR>\n" );
document.write( "first term =2 and r= 3/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a geometric series has s subscript 3 = 37/8 and s subscripts 6 = 3367/512.  find the fisrt term and the common ratio.<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 #463045 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=malglu><B>malglu(63)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=malglu><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=463045\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> believe it or not i am answering my own question!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) fill in the Sn formula for both given s subscript 3, and then rearrange to get a subscript 1 on one side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) fill in the Sn formula for s subscript 6 and then substitute the above for a subscript 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c) rearrange the expression to get the r's on one side.  rememeber 1-r^6 is = to (1-r^3) (1+r^3).  use this to cancel.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d) minus 1 on each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e) take the cube root to get r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f) substitue this in the expression for a subscript 1 to get a subscript 1.<BR>\n" );
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