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JCHL Sequences and Series 5: Exponential Patterns

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You’ll learn

  • Check it by dividing a term by the previous term — you should always get the same value (the common ratio)
  • For Junior Cert you only need to RECOGNISE an exponential pattern, not find its Tn formula
  • Linear = common first difference; quadratic = common second difference; exponential = multiply by the same number

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  • 2025 Q2(a)(ii)

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