Pls help me with this for points in crown

Identify a1 and r for the geometric sequence an= -256(-1/4) n-1

What is the approximate value of  q  in the equation below? –1.613–1.5220.5853.079

Me its important ! marge runs an ice cream parlor. her speciality is triple chocolate sundaes.she can prepare 1 sundae every 2 minutes, and she earns $1.20 for each sundae she makes . if she just makes sundaes for a single shift of at most 4 hours and at least 2 hours , which function relates her earnings to the number of minutes she works?