SOLUTION: Find the first six terms of the sequence. a1 = -6, an = 4 • an-1 choices below 0, 4, -24, -20, -16, -12 -24, -96, -384, -1536, -6144, -24,576 -6, -24, -20, -16, -

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Question 1135558: Find the first six terms of the sequence.
a1 = -6, an = 4 • an-1
choices below
0, 4, -24, -20, -16, -12

-24, -96, -384, -1536, -6144, -24,576

-6, -24, -20, -16, -12, -8

-6, -24, -96, -384, -1536, -6144

Answer by ikleyn(52817) About Me  (Show Source):
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The formula describes a geometric progression with the first term a1 = -6 and the common ratio 4.


The first two sequences in optional answers do not have -6 as the first term, so they automatically go out of our consideration.


The third sequence is NOT a geometric, so it goes out, too . . . 


And only the last, #4 sequence, is what the question is asking for.