No. i*i = -1
2i*3i=-6
now if they meant complex numbers the answer is still no
(2+4i)(2-4i) = 4-8i+8i-16 = -12
I don't have my calculator handy just now. But just looking at that problem, why don't you try +20 and -45 and see if they do the job.
Y = -2m -1 is your equation
a geometric sequence is a bunch of numbers where you can get from a number to the next number by multiplying the previous number by a certain number
might be confusing so here's an example
1,2,4,8,16
each term is multiplied by 2 to get next term, that number that each term is multiplied by is called the common ratio
formula for geometric sequence is

where
is nth term
is first term
r is teh common ratio
n=which term
in our example
1,3, 9, 27, 81
each term is being multiplied by 3 so it is a geometric sequence and thus r=3
also first term is 1 so 
so the formula is
or in function notation 
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