document.write( "Question 1127671: The first three terms of a G.P are x+1, x+3 and x+8, find,
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The first three terms of a G.P are x+1, x+3 and x+8, find,
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I wonder if the person who calculated EACH term and then added all 15 would do the same if the question asked for the SUM of the first
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document.write( "100, 150, or 200 terms? If not, then why WOULD SHE do that here! RIDICULOUS!!!
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document.write( "Maybe she would have done the same thing, who knows!!
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document.write( "Why does this person continue to make these problems look so difficult and come up with the longest and most tedious way to solve these simple,
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document.write( "simple math problems?
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document.write( "BTW: The ratio is derived from the following, and by finding the value of x, first: 
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document.write( "After x is found, substitute it into any of the 2 fractions to get the ratio.
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document.write( "Now, with the common ratio, or r, and the VALUE of the 1st term, we can determine the sum of any number of consecutive terms by using the following formula: 
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document.write( "You should get the same answer all 3 respondents came up with. \n" );
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