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Please help me. alg 2

Find the common ratio of the geometric sequence -13, 39, -117

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Answer:

-3

Explanation:

you can divide the second term by the first term to solve

39/-13 = -3

then, I like to check that this fits with the third term

39*-3 = -117

so the common ratio is -3

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