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Question 18 Find the next two numbers in the pattern, . -96, 48, -24, 12,...Please help

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Answer: The next two numbers are -6 and 3

Step-by-step explanation:

The numbers we have are the following:


-96,48,-24,12,\ldots

We can see that the numbers are decreasing because 48 is smaller than 96, 24 is smaller than 48, and so on.

We can also see that one number has a negative sign and the next does not.

The patter here is that to find the next number we are diving by -2. Because 48 is -96/(-2). And -24 is the result of 48/(-2).

We can see this in the following diagram:

to find the next number, we divide the previous one by -2.

So, to find the next two numbers, first we divide 12 by -2:


(12)/(-2)=-6

The next number is -6.

To find the second next number, we divide -6 by -2:


(-6)/(-2)=3

Answer: The next two numbers are -6 and 3

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