Tofind any

term
of ageometric
sequence:
an= a1rn - 1
wherea1is the
first term of the
sequence,
ris the common
ratio,nis the
number of the
term to find.

Examples:
5, 10, 20, 40,
... -11,22,44,88, ...
3,9,27,81,24
3...

Geometr
ic
Sequenc
e
NonExamples:
2,4,6,8,10...
5,10,15,20,2
5....0, 1, 1, 2,
3, 5, 8, 13,
21, ...

Geometric
Sequence is a set
of numbers
wherein each
element after the
first is obtained
by multiplying
the preceding
number by a
constant factor.