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What is the common ratio between successive terms in the sequence

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Let a₁ , a₂ , a₃ , a₄ ,... .be a given sequence.
The common ratio of this sequence is the following:
a₂/a₁ = a₃/a₂ = a₄/a₃ = r

Example: 5, 25, 125, 625, ...The common ration is:
25/5 = 125/25 = 625/125 = 5. So r=5 is the common ratio
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