Question

Find the next two numbers in the pattern $-128, 64, -32, 16, \dots$.

a) -8, 4
b) 8, -4
c) -2, 1
d) 2, -1

Answer 1

The next two numbers in the pattern are -8 and 4.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the next two numbers in the pattern, we can observe that each number alternates between positive and negative. The pattern starts with -128, then goes to 64 (which is half of -128), then to -32 (which is half of 64), and so on. We can continue this pattern by multiplying each number by -0.5 to get the next number. So, the next two numbers in the pattern are -8 and 4.