Question

Suppose a rumor is spread by first one person telling another individual and then the individual telling two other people. each person in turn tells two other people. can you consider this an arithmetic or geometric sequence? explain your answer.

Answer 1

this scenario is definitely must be a geometric progression because here rumor is spread by first one person telling another individual and then the individual telling two other people. each person in turn tells two other people. the common factor of the geometric progression would be 2