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Problem 23 Easy Difficulty

Write the first five terms of each geometric sequence. See Example 4.
$$
a_{1}=5, r=-\frac{1}{5}
$$

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If the first her of a geometric sequences five and the common ratio is negative 1/5 And the first term is five, then we just keep multiplying by negative 1/5 5 times negative. 1/5 is negative, one Times negative. 1 5th Is positive, 1 5th times negative. 1/5 is negative, one 25th times negative. 1/5 is positive, one 125th.

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