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How do I find the first five terms of the geometric sequence?

How do I find the first five terms of the geometric sequence?-example-1
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To find the next term of a geometric sequence, the previous term is multiplied by the common ratio r.


\begin{gathered} r=(1)/(2) \\ a_(1=)20 \\ a_2=20*(1)/(2)=10 \\ a_3=10*(1)/(2)=5 \\ a_4=5*(1)/(2)=(5)/(2) \\ a_5=(5)/(2)*(1)/(2)=(5)/(4) \end{gathered}

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