Answer:
23
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
<em>y=-6</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
<em>Geometric Sequences</em>
Any given sequence is said to be geometric if each term
can be obtained as the previous term
by a constant value called the common ratio.

or equivalently

Looking closely at the sequence 2, y, 18,-54, 162 we can try to find out if it's a geometric sequence or not. We compute the possible common ratios
and we see they both result -3. If we use r=-3 and try to find the second term (y), then
y=2*(-3)=-6
Now we compute the third term: (-6)(-3)=18
Since we got the third term as given in the original sequence.
So y=-6
Negative divided by negative makes a positive
<span>RS= 8y + 4, ST = 4y + 8, and RT = 36
RS + ST = RT
</span>8y + 4 + 4y + 8 = 36
12y + 12 = 36
12y = 24
y = 2
answer
y = 2 (first choice)
Step one: divide both sides by -2.3 to get X by itself: X=-.2. :)