body{margin:0;} noscript{z-index: 10000; position: fixed; display: block; height: 100%; width: 100%; background: #fff;} noscript .fa{font-size: 40px; display:block; color: #daa520;} noscript div{margin-top: 6%; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; text-align: center;} ! You must have JavaScript enabled to use this site.

Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016

BI

Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016 View details

5. Geometric Sequences

Continue to next subchapter

Exercise 16 Page 310

Calculate the difference and ratio between consecutive terms. Is either of these the same throughout the sequence?

Neither

Practice makes perfect

We want to identify the given sequence as arithmetic, geometric, or neither. To do so, we will calculate the difference and ratio between consecutive terms. Recall that the values of the terms of the sequence are given by the y-coordinates of the points.

We can see above that neither the differences nor the ratios are the same. Therefore, the sequence is neither arithmetic nor geometric.

Subchapter links

Communicate Your Answer p.305

Monitoring Progress p.306-309

Exercises p.310-312