Question

What is the common ratio between successive terms in the sequence?

27, 9, 3, 1,
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Answer 1

your answer will have to be 3

Explanation:

from 27 to 9, we divided by 3

from 9 to 3, we divided by 3

from 1 to 1/3, we divided by 3

from 1/3 to 1/9, we divided by 3

from 1/9 to 1/27, we divided by 3

so basically the common ratio will have to be 3

Answer 2

1/3

Explanation:

If it was supposed to be a negative answer, there would be negative numbers in the sequence. So that narrows it do to 3 and 1/3. And now we know that 27*3 isn't 9 but 27*1/3=9 and so on.