document.write( "Question 1086032: The third term of a geometric sequence is 3 and the 6th term is 1/9? Find the first term.
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$\"a%5B3%5D=a%5B1%5D%2B%283-1%29d=a%5B1%5D%2B2d=3\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"3d=-26%2F9\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"a%5B1%5D-130%2F27=3%2F27\"$
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