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OpenStudy (anonymous):

2, 6, 18, 54, ... what is the tenth term

hartnn (hartnn):

do you know what a geometric sequence is ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the difference between 2 and 6 and the difference between 6 and 18 just follow that sequence

hartnn (hartnn):

thats not actually an arithmetic sequence, so that consecutive difference will be same

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you have to multiply by 3

hartnn (hartnn):

its a geometric sequence have a common ratio that is r = 2md term/ 1st term = 3rd term/ 2nd term = ... and so on, all ratios equal

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2x3=6 6x3=18 18x3=54 54x3=162 and so on ...

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

\[\frac{t _n}{t _{(n-1)}},~~~~~~this~~is~~how~~t o~~find~~the~~common~~ratio.\]

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

To find the nth term of a geometric series,\[t_n=t_1 \times r ^{(n-1)}\]

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