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PATTERNS, FUR1 2010 VCAA 8 MC

The `n`th term in a geometric sequence is  `t_n`.

The common ratio is greater than one.

A graph that could be used to display the terms of this sequence is

 

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`A`

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`text(GP where)\ \ r>1`

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`text(General term is)\ \ \ t_n=ar^(n – 1)`

 

`text(Consider)\ \a>0,`

`text(the graph of)\ \t_n\ \text(will be positive and)`

`text(increase exponentially, but no graph shows this.)`

`text(Consider)\ \a<0,`

`text(the graph will be negative and increase)`

`text(exponentially in a negative direction.)`

`=> A`

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