Because you have to go in the order of PEMDAS, parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. From what you are saying, 'why you must simplify 3 to the second power first' it seems that you have no parenthesis, so you move onto what is next, which is exponents, in this case, 3 to the power of two.
The ratio of the geometric sequence 40
is 2.
Given that geometric sequence is 40*
and we have to find the common ratio of all the terms.
Geometric sequence is a sequence in which all the terms have a common ratio.
Nth termof a GP is a
in which a is first term and r is common ratio.
Geometric sequence=40*
We have to first find the first term, second term and third term of a geometric progression.
First term=40*
=40*
=40*1
=40
Second term=40*
=40*
=40*2
=80
Third term=40*
=40*
=40*4
=160
Ratio of first two terms=80/40=2
Ratio of next two terms=160/80=2
Hence the common ratio of geometric sequence is 2.
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