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Write the recursive formula for the geometric sequence.

a1 = -2  a2 = 8  a3 = -32

User OliverB
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a_1 = -2,\ \ a_2 = 8,\ \ a_3 = -32\\\\r=(a_(2))/(a_(1))=(8)/(-2)=-4 \\\\The \ recursive \ formula \ for \ a \ geometric \ sequence \ is \ written \ in \ the \ form:\\\\ a_n=a_(n-1) \cdot r\\ \\ a_n=a_(n-1) \cdot (-4 )


User Igor Ralic
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a_1 = -2,\ a_2 = 8,\ a_3 = -32\\\\a_2=a_1\cdot(-4)\ \ \ and\ \ \ a_3=a_2\cdot(-4)\\\\ the\ recursive\ formula:\\\\ \left \{ {\big{a_1=-2\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ } \atop \big{a_n=a_(n-1)\cdot(-4)}} \right.
User Richard Wheeldon
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