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The values of the first three given points are... 38,19,9.5 What is the value of the 6th term?

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Final answer:

The sixth term of the geometric sequence, which halves each successive term, is calculated to be 1.1875.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question appears to ask about the sixth term of a sequence where the given terms are 38, 19, and 9.5. Observing the pattern, each term is half the value of the previous term, indicating a geometric sequence with a common ratio of 0.5. To find the sixth term, we need to continue halving the value of each term from the third to the sixth.

  1. First term: 38
  2. Second term: 19 (38 × 0.5)
  3. Third term: 9.5 (19 × 0.5)
  4. Fourth term: 4.75 (9.5 × 0.5)
  5. Fifth term: 2.375 (4.75 × 0.5)
  6. Sixth term: 1.1875 (2.375 × 0.5)

Therefore, the value of the sixth term in the given sequence is 1.1875.

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