Question

Find the common ratio of the following geometric sequence:

 40, 10,52,58, …
Answered by GPT 3.5
To find the common ratio of a geometric sequence, we need to divide each term by the previous term.

10 ÷ 40 = 1/4
52 ÷ 10 = 26/5
58 ÷ 52 = 29/26

So, the common ratio of the given sequence is 1/4 or 26/5 or 29/26.