document.write( "Question 1157838: given a term in a geometric sequence and the common ratio find the term named in the problem and the explicit formula\r
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given a term in a geometric sequence and the common ratio find the term named in the problem and the explicit formula
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Term of a G.P. formula: \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+a%5Bn%5D%2C+%22=%22%2C+a%5B1%5Dr%5E%28n+-+1%29%29\"
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document.write( "\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+a%5B6%5D%2C+%22=%22%2C+a%5B1%5D%28-+2%29%5E%286+-+1%29%29\" ----- Substituting 6 for n, and - 2 for r
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document.write( "\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+-+128%2C+%22=%22%2C+a%5B1%5D%28-+2%29%5E5%29\" ------ Substituting \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+-++128%2C+for%2C+a%5Bn%5D%29\"
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document.write( "\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+-+128%2C+%22=%22%2C+a%5B1%5D%28-+32%29%29\"
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document.write( "\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%28-+128%29%2F%28-+32%29%2C+%22=%22%2C+a%5B1%5D%29\"
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document.write( "\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+4%2C+%22=%22%2C+a%5B1%5D%29\" 
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document.write( "For the value of \"a%5B11%5D\", or the 11th term, substitute \"matrix%283%2C3%2C+11%2C+for%2C+n%2C+4%2C+for%2C++a%5B1%5D%2C+-+2%2C+for%2C+r%29\" into the G.P. formula: \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+a%5Bn%5D%2C+%22=%22%2C+a%5B1%5Dr%5E%28n+-+1%29%29\", and SIMPLIFY. \n" );
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