Find the Indicated Term of a Geometric Sequence from the Given

question 255

Multiple Choice

Find the indicated term of a geometric sequence from the given information.
- $a _ { 5 } = \frac { 81 } { 16 }$ and $r = - \frac { 3 } { 4 }$ . Find $a _ { 1 }$ .

• A) 16
• B) \(- 12\)
• C) \(- \frac { 64 } { 3 }\)
• D) \(- 16\)

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