Asked by throwaway

What is the common ratio of the geometric series below?

24 + (-8) + 8/3 + (-8/9) +...


I don't understand this, can someone help explain how I do this?
Answered by R_scott
what you do with a term to get to the next term

the ratio between two consecutive terms ... -8 / 24 = ?
Answered by throwaway
-3, but it's not the same for the jump of -8 and 8/3... that'd be -1/3
Answered by Ryan
The ratio between -8 and 24 is not -3, it's -1/3, which is correct. 24 times -1/3 is -8, -8 times -1/3 is 8/3, and so on. (It's much easier to solve these problems when you for multiplication instead of division.) If you are looking for division, then you would divide by -3: 24 divided by -3 is -8, -8 divided by -3 is 8/3, and so on (the same pattern as above).
Answered by Jack
i dunno :/ :/ maybe its 3?
Answered by AnswerShark
BDA
Answered by EZ_Answers
B. -1/3 D. 5,592,405/2 C. (cant write out its too weird :P)
So ya, its B D C
Answered by Anonymous
He right ^
Answered by girlyyy
EZ is right !
Answered by yaboipooboi
ez is right