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In a certain sequence of 10 positive numbers, each number after the first is square root of the previous number. If the first number is 9, how many numbers are less than 1?


A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4

We note the following fact: If x is greater than 1, then the square root of x is also greater than one. This is because the product of two numbers between 0 and 1 is again between 0 and 1; if the square root of x was less than 1, then x would have to be less than 1 as well.

Now we can conclude that all the numbers in the sequence are greater than 1, since the numbers in the sequence are obtained by taking square roots of numbers that are greater than 1. Thus, none of the numbers in the sequence are less than 1.

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In a certain sequence of 10 positive numbers, each number after the first is square root of the previous number. If the first number is 9, how many numbers are less than 1?


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E. 4

Square of any positive number less than 1 is always less than 1, therefore all numbers in the series 9,3,1.7,.... will be greater than 1.

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In a certain sequence of 10 positive numbers, each number after the first is square root of the previous number. If the first number is 9, how many numbers are less than 1?


A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4

We must remember the rule that when we take the square root of a number greater than 1, the result will be always greater than 1. Therefore, although the first number is 9, regardless of how many square roots we take, there will not be any results less than 1.

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