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Find the nth and 5th term of sequence `5,-10,20,"…."`

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Here, `a=5`
and `r=(-10)/(5)=(20)/(-10)="..."=-2 i.e., a=5, r=-2`
Neither increasing nor decreasing `(rlt0)`
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