Each term of a geometric sequence increases or decreases by a constant factor called the common ratio. The sequence below is an example of a geometric sequence because each term increases by a constant factor of 6. Multiplying any term of the sequence by the common ratio 6 generates the subsequent term.
If x is the total number of bass in the lake we can write the following proportion: 176 / x = 13 / 91. 13 / 91 simplifies to 1 / 7 so the proportion becomes 176 / x = 1 / 7. Using the Cross Products Property this becomes x = 1232.
