They lie in the same plane is the answer ;)
I believe this is the distributive property.
Ooh, fun
geometric sequences can be represented as

so the first 3 terms are



the sum is -7/10

and their product is -1/125

from the 2nd equation we can take the cube root of both sides to get

note that a=ar/r and ar²=(ar)r
so now rewrite 1st equation as

subsituting -1/5 for ar

which simplifies to

multiply both sides by 10r
-7r=-2-2r-2r²
add (2r²+2r+2) to both sides
2r²-5r+2=0
solve using quadratic formula
for


so
for 2r²-5r+2=0
a=2
b=-5
c=2




so

or

use them to solve for the value of a


try for r=2 and 1/2

or

test each
for a=-1/10 and r=2
a+ar+ar²=

it works
for a=-2/5 and r=1/2
a+ar+ar²=

it works
both have the same terms but one is simplified
the 3 numbers are

,

, and
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The formula for this is
∠G = 1/2(arcEH - arcHF)
We have angle G (5x - 10) and we have arcEH (195) so we have to solve for x to find the measure of arcEHF so we can add arcEH + arcHF = arcEHF
Filling in the formula with what we have:

which simplifies down a bit to
which simplifies down a bit more to
Multiply both sides by 2 to get rid of the fraction and get:
2(5x - 10) = 178 - 8x which of course simplifies to
10x - 20 = 178 - 8x. Now add 8x to both sides and at the same time add 20 to both sides to get:
18x = 198 so
x = 11. Now we can find the measure of arcHF:
arcHF is 8x + 17, so arcHF is 8(11) + 17 which is 105°.
arcEH + arcHF = arcEHF so
195 + 105 = arcEHF so
arcEHF = 300°
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