document.write( "Question 1012797: what would the explicit equation be for the sequence 117, 23.4, 4.68, … \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "117, 23.4, 4.68, …\r\n" );
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document.write( "23.4/117 = 234/1170 = 0.2\r\n" );
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document.write( "4.68/23.4 = 468/2340 = 0.2 \r\n" );
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document.write( "So it's a geometric sequence with a1 = 117 and r = 0.2\r\n" );
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document.write( "an = a1rn-1\r\n" );
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document.write( "an = 117(0.2)n-1\r\n" );
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