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What is the sixth term in the geometric sequence shown above?

A. 32
B. 24
C. -24
D. -32

What is the sixth term in the geometric sequence shown above? A. 32 B. 24 C. -24 D-example-1

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Your constant ratio=-2 and a =1 therefore if you substitute these values into the general term formula for a geometric sequence the answer will be -32
What is the sixth term in the geometric sequence shown above? A. 32 B. 24 C. -24 D-example-1
User Rob Van Groenewoud
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So looking at the pattern you can tell that it is going by (-2)^(n-1)

if n=6 then we have (-2)^5 which is -32

The answers is D. -32

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