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What is the common ratio, r, for the sequence represented by the formula an = 3(2)^-n?
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Is it 2?
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Steve
The nth term has 2^-n, so the ratio is 2^-1 = 1/2
Did you try listing the first few terms? That would have made it clear that 2 was not the ratio.
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