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4. What is the 8th term of the geometric sequence 3,.........,1,.....…........?

4. What is the 8th term of the geometric sequence 3,.........,1,.....…........?-example-1

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6561

1) Paying attention to that we can tell that the first term is 3 and the fourth term is 81

2) The immediate consequence is to tell that the common ratio is 3 and then we can write out the following sequence:


\begin{gathered} 3,9,27,81,... \\ a_8=3^8=6561 \\ 3^4=81 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the eighth term is 6561.

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