SOLUTION: I need your help!! what is the nth term and 100th term in the sequence 10,100,1000,10000,100000?

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Question 986314: I need your help!! what is the nth term and 100th term in the sequence 10,100,1000,10000,100000?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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I need your help!! what is the nth term and 100th term in the sequence 10,100,1000,10000,100000?
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1st: 10
2nd: 10^2
3rd: 10^3
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100th: 10^100
nth::: 10^n
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by Timnewman(323) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi dear,
The nth term of the sequence is;T%5Bn%5D=ar%5En-1
Where Tn =nth term,
a=first term,
r=common ratio.
To find 100th term,
Recall that from your question,
a=10,
r=10
n=100
T100=10(10)^(100-1)
T100=10(10)^99
T%5B100%5D=10%2A10%5E99