"AST1CAL3 EQUATION VARIABLE |N 7 0N|","02-27-1993","17:19:47" "COMMRATIO=SIGN(TERM#B/TERM#A)*EXP(LOG(ABS((TERM#B/TERM#A)))/(INDEX#B-INDEX#A)) TERM#1=TERM#A*COMMRATIO^(INDEX#A-1) TERM#2=TERM#1*COMMRATIO TERM#3=TERM#1*COMMRATIO^2 TERM#4=TERM#1*COMMRATIO^3 TERM#N=TERM#1*COMMRATIO^(N-1) SUM=TERM#1*(COMMRATIO^N-1)/(COMMRATIO-1)" "GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION. A sequence of numbers in which any number, or term, after the first can be obtained by multiplying its predecessor by a fixed number COMMRATIO. Example 12, -24, 48, -96... or 27, 9, 3, 1... Tosolve for progression enter any two term positions INDEX#A and INDEX#B and theirvalues TERM#A and TERM#B. TERM#N is the value for any index N and SUM is the sumof the progression up to and including term N. Type (F2) to return to helpfile." 12 -2,0,"" 12,0,"" -24,0,"" 48,0,"" -96,0,"" -6144,0,"" -4092,0,"" -24,0,"" 12,0,"" 2,0,"" 1,0,"" 10,0,"" 1 0 0