A geometric sequence is a sequence of numbers where the next term equals to the previous term multiplied by a common factor (for example, (3, 6, 12, 24, ...)
is a geometric sequence with the first term ”3” and the common factor ”2”). If
the 5th term of a geometric sequence is 24 and the 7th term is 144, what is the
first term of the sequence?
(A) 2
(B) 3/2
(C) 2/3
(D) 1/3
(E) 1/4