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Recognizing Geometric Sequences

Geometric Sequences

Recognizing Geometric Sequences 1.16 - Solution

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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.

We can see above that the differences are not the same. However the ratios are the same. Therefore, the sequence is geometric with a common ratio of $7 .$