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## anonymous 5 years ago This sequence is geometric. What is the next term? 14, 56, 224, 896,..

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1. anonymous

A. 1,792 B. 2,688 C. 3,584

2. amistre64

multiply the last term by 14/56

3. amistre64

ack!! 56/14 that is

4. amistre64

sooo, close!!

5. anonymous

:)

6. anonymous

I don't get it .

7. amistre64

the common ratio, the number that all terms are multiplied by to get the next one, is a ration of the 2nd and 1st terms

8. amistre64

in this case, 56/14 is the common ratio that yuou multiply by to get the next term

9. anonymous

How do I multiply that?

10. anonymous

interesting question isn't it @amistre64?

11. amistre64

$896*\frac{56}{14}$

12. amistre64

its just multiplying that I can tell

13. amistre64

might wanna do some reducing first but .... you know

14. anonymous

The answer I got is none of the answers in the answer choices..

15. anonymous

Answer is C. 3,584

16. anonymous

Thank you !!

17. anonymous

Thanks everyone! :)

18. amistre64
19. anonymous

Hey SweetRascal can you come look at this question I posted?

20. anonymous

Yeah One moment

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