document.write( "Question 1135558: Find the first six terms of the sequence.
\n" ); document.write( "a1 = -6, an = 4 • an-1
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\n" ); document.write( "-6, -24, -20, -16, -12, -8
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document.write( "The formula describes a geometric progression with the first term a1 = -6 and the common ratio 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first two sequences in optional answers do not have -6 as the first term, so they automatically go out of our consideration.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The third sequence is NOT a geometric, so it goes out, too . . . \r\n" );
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document.write( "And only the last, #4 sequence, is what the question is asking for.\r\n" );
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