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Find the common ratio of the sequence 2,8,32,128..

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The common ratio is the common multiple of consecutive terms, usually denoted as "r" for the common ratio. Mathematically the common ratio is a constant that one finds when any term is divided by the term preceding it, in this case:

r=128/32=32/8=8/2=4

So the common ratio is 4.
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4 because that is what's multiplied throughout
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