Find the fifth term of a geometric sequence on a calculator

Alice Chen

Alice Chen

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2022-11-18

Find the fifth term of a geometric sequence on a calculator

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A geometric sequence is a sequence of the form
a , a r , a r 2 , a r 3 , ...
where a is an initial value and r is a common ratio between terms.

Note that the first term of the sequence is a r 0
so the nth term of the sequence is a r n - 1

Thus, in order to find the fifth term, assuming prior knowledge of a and r, simply plug in a r 4 .

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