document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1026926>Question 1026926</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The first term of a geometric progression is 5 and the fifth term is 1280 find the common ratio of the progression.?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first term of a geometric progression is 5 and the fifth term is 1280 find the common ratio of the progression.?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can I be shown step by step please as I need to be explained this in detail as I do not understand. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the formula for the n-th term of geometric progression\r\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5Bn%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5Bn%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5B1%5D%2Ar%5E%28n-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5B1%5D%2Ar%5E%28n-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r\n" );
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document.write( "With the given data, you have \r\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1280 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1280\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2Ar%5E4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2Ar%5E4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  --->  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r%5E4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r%5E4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1280%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1280%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 256  --->  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=root%284%2C256%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"root%284%2C256%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r\n" );
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document.write( "This fourth root has 4 values in the complex domain, but if you need only real values, they are +/- 4.\r\n" );
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