document.write( "Question 1038314: Find an explicit rule for the nth term of a
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document.write( "Geometric sequence:\r\n" );
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document.write( "__, 36, __, __, 2304, __, __, __, ...\r\n" );
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document.write( "The next term after 36 is 36r.  The term just after that is\r\n" );
document.write( "36r² and then the fifth term 36r³ = 2304 \r\n" );
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document.write( "__, 36, 36r, 36r², 36r³ = 2304, __, __, __, ...\r\n" );
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document.write( "36r³ = 2304\r\n" );
document.write( "r³ = 64\r\n" );
document.write( " r = 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "The second term is 36 so the first term is \"36%2F4\" or 9.\r\n" );
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document.write( "General term formula\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%5Bn%5D+=+a%5B1%5Dr%5E%28n-1%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "substitute first term a1 = 9, common ratio r = 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%5Bn%5D+=+9%2A4%5E%28n-1%29\"\r\n" );
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