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<Sentence>Which of the following is not a geometric sequence?</Sentence>
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</Stem>
<Distractor_list>
  <Distractor><Inlineimg SRC="images/SolveGeo3bDistA.gif" ALTTEXT="" /></Distractor>
  <Distractor><Inlineimg SRC="images/SolveGeo3bDistB.gif" ALTTEXT="" /></Distractor>
  <Distractor><Inlineimg SRC="images/SolveGeo3bDistC.gif" ALTTEXT="" /></Distractor>
  <Distractor><Inlineimg SRC="images/SolveGeo3bDistD.gif" ALTTEXT="" /></Distractor>
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<response SCORE="1" EVIDENCEVAL="1">
<observable>2</observable>
	<feedback TYPE="Student">You're right! You've correctly selected the sequence that is not geometric.</feedback>
        <feedback TYPE="Teacher">From among a set of options, the student was able to select the non-geometric sequence. The student was able to do this even though some of the sequences contain fractions and negative terms.</feedback>
</response>

<response SCORE="0" EVIDENCEVAL="0">
<observable>1</observable>
	<feedback TYPE="Student">Sorry, that's not right. The sequence <Inlineimg SRC="images/SolveGeo2aDistA.gif" ALTTEXT="" /><emphasis>...</emphasis> is geometric. Since each term is equal to negative one-half times the previous term, this is a geometric sequence with a common ratio of -1/2.</feedback>
        <feedback TYPE="Teacher">The student was not able to select a non-geometric sequence from among a set of options. Some of these sequences include fractions and negative terms; this may or may not be the source of the difficulty.</feedback>
</response>

<response SCORE="0" EVIDENCEVAL="0">
<observable>3</observable>
	<feedback TYPE="Student">Sorry, that's not right. The sequence <Inlineimg SRC="images/SolveGeo2aDistC.gif" ALTTEXT="" /><emphasis>...</emphasis> is geometric. Since each term is equal to three halves times the previous term, this is a geometric sequence with a common ratio of 3/2.</feedback>
        <feedback TYPE="Teacher">The student was not able to select a non-geometric sequence from among a set of options. Some of these sequences include fractions and negative terms; this may or may not be the source of the difficulty.</feedback>
</response>

<response SCORE="0" EVIDENCEVAL="0">
<observable>4</observable>
	<feedback TYPE="Student">Sorry, that's not right. The sequence <Inlineimg SRC="images/SolveGeo2aDistD.gif" ALTTEXT="" /><emphasis>...</emphasis> is geometric. Since each term is equal to three halves times the previous term, this is a geometric sequence with a common ratio of 3/2.</feedback>
        <feedback TYPE="Teacher">The student was not able to select a non-geometric sequence from among a set of options. Some of these sequences include fractions and negative terms; this may or may not be the source of the difficulty.</feedback>
</response>


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