SOLUTION: Find the missing term of each geometric sequence. 26. 16, [?] , 4 27. 25, [?] , 225 28. 2, [?] , 50 29. 1, [?] , 49 30. 3/4, [?] , 3 31. 36, [?] , 4

 
16, [?] , 4 

let the missing term be x:

, , 

Now use the fact that in a geometric sequence,





Cross multiply:





x = ±8

So that one has two possible answers, +8 and -8.

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25, [?] , 225

let the missing term be x:

, , 

Now use the fact that in a geometric sequence,





Cross multiply:





x = ±75

So that one has two possible answers, +75 and -75. 

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2, [?] , 50 

let the missing term be x:

, , 

Now use the fact that in a geometric sequence,





Cross multiply:





x = ±10

So that one has two possible answers, +10 and -10. 

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1, [?] , 49 

let the missing term be x:

, , 

Now use the fact that in a geometric sequence,





Cross multiply:





x = ±7

So that one has two possible answers, +7 and -7. 

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3/4, [?] , 3 

let the missing term be x:

, , 

Now use the fact that in a geometric sequence,





Cross multiply:







x = ±

So that one has two possible answers, + and . 

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36, [?] , 4

let the missing term be x:

, , 

Now use the fact that in a geometric sequence,





Cross multiply:





x = ±12

So that one has two possible answers, +12 and -12.

Edwin