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What is the common ratio of the geometric sequence below? –2, 4, –8, 16, –32, ...

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SOVA2 [1]2 years ago

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Answer:

The common ratio of the geometric sequence is:

$r=-2$

Step-by-step explanation:

A geometric sequence has a constant ratio 'r' and is defined by

$a_n=a_1\cdot r^{n-1}$

where

aₙ is the nth term

a₁ is the first term

r is the common ratio

Given the sequence

$-2,\:4,-8,\:16,\:-32,\:...$

Compute the ratios of all the adjacent terms: $r=\frac{a_n+1}{a_n}$

$\frac{4}{-2}=-2,\:\quad \frac{-8}{4}=-2,\:\quad \frac{16}{-8}=-2,\:\quad \frac{-32}{16}=-2$

The ratio of all the adjacent terms is the same and equal to

$r=-2$

Therefore, the common ratio of the geometric sequence is:

$r=-2$

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2) Confidence interval

The confidence interval for the mean is given by the following formula:

$\bar X \pm t_{\alpha/2}\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}$ (1)

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$166.33-2.57\frac{51.075}{\sqrt{6}}=112.742$

$166.33+2.57\frac{51.075}{\sqrt{6}}=219.918$

So on this case the 95% confidence interval would be given by (112.742;219.918)

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We can replace in formula (1) the info given like this:

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The first step is calculate the degrees of freedom, on this case:

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