Question

What is the common ratio of the geometric sequence
below?
-96, 48, -24, 12, -6, ..

Answer 1

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Answer:

-1/2

Explanation:

If the terms have a "common" ratio, it can be found by dividing any term by the one before. The ratio of the first two terms is ...

48/-96 = -1/2

The common ratio is -1/2.