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Calculus, all content (2017 edition)

Course: Calculus, all content (2017 edition) > Unit 7

Lesson 1: Sequences review
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Extend geometric sequences: negatives & fractions

CCSS.Math: HSF.IF.A.3
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Problem

What is the next term of the geometric sequence?
54, comma, 36, comma, 24, comma
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
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