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12.3 Exercise 5

Avg difficulty 2.5

Determine if each sequence is geometric. If so indicate the common ratio.

ⓐ 7,21,63,189,567,1,701,…7 , 21 , 63 , 189 , 567 , 1,701 , \ldots

ⓑ 64,16,4,1,14,116,…64 , 16 , 4 , 1 , \frac{1}{4} , \frac{1}{16} , \ldots

ⓒ 2,4,12,48,240,1,440,…2 , 4 , 12 , 48 , 240 , 1,440 , \ldots

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