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Find the common ratio for the following sequence.64, 16,4, 1,

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To determine the common ratio, divide the succeeding term to its previous term and we get the following


\begin{gathered} 16/64=0.25 \\ 4/16=0.25 \\ 1/4=0.25 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the common ratio of the sequence is 0.25.

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