Question

please help (multiple choice)

Answer 1

i believe this is not even arithmetic

Answer 2

well…because if you add 1/6 each time… no, this must be geometric

Answer 3

Yes, you add 1/6 to each preceding term. Hence, 1/6 is the common difference.

Answer 4

@Jamierox4ev3r I don't mean to correct you but, it is an arithmetic sequence because an arithmetic sequence goes from one term to the next by always adding (or subtracting) the same value. For instance, 2, 5, 8, 11, 14,... and 7, 3, –1, –5,... are arithmetic, since you add 3 and subtract 4, respectively, at each step. A geometric sequence goes from one term to the next by always multiplying (or dividing) by the same value. So 1, 2, 4, 8, 16,... and 81, 27, 9, 3, 1, 1/3,... are geometric, since you multiply by 2 and divide by 3, respectively, at each step.

Answer 5

but…it turns into 1 1/3 and then 1 1/2

Answer 6

hmmm its been a while since I've done these >.< god dang it memory of mine, WORK!

Answer 7

oh wait… *facepalm*

Answer 8

what was i thinking? yeah i knew that B is correct

Answer 9

for some reason, i thought multiplication was happening so i thought it was geometric

Answer 10

B is correct and 1 1/3 + 1/6 = 1 1/2

Answer 11

the error of my thinking could possibly be my folly/hamartia. I am an imperfect human being :P

Answer 12

It would not be an arithmetic progression:
1, 1(1/6), 1(1/3), 1(1/2)
Add 1/6 to the first to get the second, you add 1/6 again to get the third because 2/6 simplifies to 1/3. You then add 1/6 to 2/6 to get 3/6 which simplifies to 1/2.

Therefore it's an AP

Answer 13

Sorry, would :P

Answer 14

I did what Jamierox did at first

Answer 15

lol my mistakes are infectious