document.write( "Question 1037189: The following terms are the beginning of a feometric sequence, where p < 0:\r
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document.write( "The ratio of the second to the first:   = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The ratio of the third to the second:   = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The ratios should be equal:   = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply by -4 both sides. You will get  p = 6t.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The ratio of the fourth to the third:   = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Compare the ratio of  with the ratio of . It produces  = 1. Hence, p = +/-1. Then t = +/-6 correspondingly.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  p = 1, t = 6   or/and   p = -1, t = -6.\r\n" );
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