Mathematics GCSE
Geometric sequence
What Geometric sequence means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Geometric sequence
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A sequence in which each term is obtained by multiplying the previous term by a fixed ratio.
Topics that use Geometric sequence
- Sequences (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Arithmetic progressions
- Coefficient
- coefficient of n²
- Common ratio
- constant second difference
- Fibonacci-type sequence
- First difference
- generate terms
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