Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Series

Series — practice question

In the expansion of $(a + bx)^7$, with $a$ and $b$ being non-zero constants, the coefficients of $x$, $x^2$ and $x^4$ are, respectively, the first, second and third terms of a geometric progression.
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Find $\frac{a}{b}$.

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