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1. If the 3rd term of a geometric sequence is 1,000 and the 2nd term is 100, what is

the 1st term?

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Answer: 10

Step-by-step explanation: If you do the 3rd term divided by the 2nd term, that gives you 10. So, if the 1st term is 10, you do 10 times 10 which is 100 (2nd term) and 100 times 10 which is 1,000 (3rd term).

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