Question

Use the table to answer the question.

This table shows the relationship between the number of minutes elapsed and the number of messages sent.
Minutes Messages Sent
0 0
1 3
2 9
3 27
4 81
The table shows how a text message went viral. What point should be graphed to represent the third term in the geometric sequence?

(1 point)
Responses

(4,81)
(
4
,
81
)
left parenthesis 4 comma 81 right parenthesis

(3,1)
(
3
,
1
)
left parenthesis 3 comma 1 right parenthesis

(2,9)
(
2
,
9
)
left parenthesis 2 comma 9 right parenthesis

(3,27)

Answer 1

(3, 27)

The sequence of messages is 3, 9, 27, 81… so the third term is 27, which occurs at 3 minutes → point (3, 27).