Please help! find the common ratio of the geometric sequence. -1/4, 1/16, -1/64, 1/256,... A. 1/64 B. -1/4 C. -1/16 D. 1/16 E. 1/4​

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Explanation:

Pick any term of the sequence that isn't the first term. Divide whatever you picked by the previous term. That will compute the common ratio. This applies to geometric sequences only.

So let's say we pick on term 3 and divide it over term 2. That will get us...

Where r is the common ratio.

As another example, let's say we picked on term 4 and divided it over the third term

We get the same result. I'll let you try dividing the second term over the first term. You should get r = -1/4 after simplifying.

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Because the common ratio is r = -1/4, this means that we multiply each term by the common ratio to generate the next term.

For instance,

term 3 = (term 2)*(common ratio)

term 3 = (1/16)*(-1/4)

term 3 = -1/64

which matches with the given sequence

step-by-step explanation: