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Find the 5th and nth term of sequence -2,-6,-18,….

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Here, `a=-2`
and `r=(-6)/(-2)=(-18)/(-6)="..."=3`
`I.e. A=-8,r=(1)/(2)`
Decreasing GP `(alt0,rgt1)`
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