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\n" ); document.write( "The first term of a geometric progession is 75 and the third term is 27.
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document.write( "Take the ratio    to    and get the square of the common ratio\r\n" );
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document.write( "THEREFORE,  for the common ratio \"r\", you have two values  r =  = +/- .\r\n" );
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document.write( "It gives two possible values for the fourth term\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  =  = ,  if  r = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "and\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  =  = ,  if  r = .\r\n" );
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