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Since this is multiple choice, check each answer from term to term. A term times the common ratio equals the next term.
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document.write( "A: 1/3: 1/4 * 1/3 = 1/12. That's not the second term. Eliminate answer A.
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document.write( "B: 3/4: 1/3 * 3/4 = 3/16. It works as a ratio between the first and second term.
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document.write( "3/15 * 3/4 = 9/64. Good for third term.
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document.write( "9/64 * 3/4 = 27/256. Good for fourth term.
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document.write( "27/256 * 3/4 = 81/1024. This ratio works for all terms, so the answer is b.
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document.write( "You can also divide each term by the previous term to find the common ratio. If the common ratio between terms is the same, then it's a geometric sequence, and you have the common ratio.
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document.write( "81/1024 divided by 27/256 = 81/1024 * 256/24 = 3/4. Do the same for each pair terms to find that the common ratio between all terms is 3/4.