<u>ANSWER</u>
The common ratio is -3.
<u>EXPLANATION</u>
In general, the common ratio of a Geometric Sequence is given by:
We can find the common ratio using any two consecutive terms of the geometric sequence by dividing the subsequent term by the previous term.
The given sequence is -2,6,-18,54
Using the first two terms the common ratio is
We could also used the second and third terms to get
and so on and so forth.
Therefore the common ratio is -3.
5/2 is the answer.
Have a nive day!
Dear user,
The question that you provided is wrong.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Exponential function is:</u>
<u>If we consider the time difference in years as x and the initial population as a, then we get:</u>
<u>Find the value of b:</u>
- b¹⁰ = 675647/617594
- b¹⁰ = 1.09399864636
- b = 1.09399864636^(1/10)
- b = 1.009 (rounded)
<u>The equation we got is:</u>
Here we have y- population after x years since 2010, x - the number of years since 2010 and 1.009 is the population growth rate.
