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Determine if the sequence below is arithmetic or geometric and determine the common difference / ratio in simplest form.1,5,25

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Geometric sequence:

A gometric sequence has a constant ratio between each pair of consecutive terms.

Arithmatic sequence:

It has a constant difference between each consecutive pair of terms.

For the given sequence,


1,5,25,\ldots\text{..}

Check the common difference,


\begin{gathered} 5-1=4 \\ 25-5=20 \\ \Rightarrow\text{ The common difference is not constant} \end{gathered}

So, it is not a arithmatic sequence.

Now, check the common ratio,


\begin{gathered} (5)/(1)=5 \\ (25)/(5)=5 \end{gathered}

It implies the given sequence has constant common ratio.

So, the given sequence is geometric.

and commom ratio is 5.

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