What is the first term of the geometric series with and ?

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What is the first term of the geometric series with    and ?

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The question as presented is incomplete. It asks for the first term of a geometric series with   and , but the actual values for the two parameters (likely the common ratio r and another related quantity) are missing.

Because the first term a of a geometric series is defined directly as the initial term in the sequence (a, ar, ar^2, ...), you cannot determine a without at least one of the following: the value of a itself, or enough information to relate a to other given terms (such as a, ar, ar^2, or a sum of a finite number of terms, or a known r and a specific term index).

If the problem had provided additional data, here is how you would proceed:
- If the two given pieces were the first term and the common ratio (a and r), then the first term is simply a.
- If the two given pieces were two consecutive terms, say ar^k and ar^{k+1}, you could divide to find r and then deduce a by solving ar^k = given term and so on.
- If the problem instead gave a sum of n terms S_n, you would use the sum formula S_n = a(1 - r^n)/(1 - r) (for r ≠ 1) and solve for a after finding r from other information.

Since no options are provided to analyze, there are no specific incorrect choices to debunk here. The lone given answer (5120 when removing the comma) cannot be evaluated as correct or incorrect without the missing values or a clear question context. In short: the necessary data to determine the first term is not present, so a definitive computation isn’t possible from what’s shown.

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