What is the 8th number in the geometric sequence 8, 16, 32, 64, 128...?

Akira asked Dec 26, 2022

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Akira asked Dec 26, 2022

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Answer:

2¹¹

Explanation:

8th term is given by,

ar⁷

Here a is first term and r is common ratio.

ar⁷ = 16 × 2⁷ = 2⁴ × 2⁷ = 2¹¹

So 2¹¹ is the answer.

Checkmate answered Dec 31, 2022

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