Question

Geometric sequence or whatever

How do I do this? Please give subtle explanation too. I don't really understand at all. If I understand this question, I'll understand the rest.
(it's 54 points too lol)

Answer 1

Explanation:

An = -2 * An-1

What this means is that you multiply -2 to the term to get the next term.

Since our 1st term (A1) is -2, we have:

A2 = -2 * A1 = -2 * (-2) = 4,

A3 = -2 * A2 = -2 * (4) = -8,

A4 = -2 * A3 = -2 * (-8) = 16,

A5 = -2 * A4 = -2 * (16) = -32,

A6 = -2 * A5 = -2 * (-32) = 64.

Hence our first 6 terms in the GP are

-2, 4, -8, 16, -32 and 64.