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What is the next term in this geometric sequence?
104, -52, 26, -13, ...

User Compulim
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Answer:

6.5

Explanation:

User Hollance
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Answer:

6.5

Explanation:

Each term in this sequence is the previous term divided by -2:

104/-2=-52

-52/-2=26

26/-2=-13

So in order to find the next term, we just need to divide the last term by -2:

-13/-2 = 6.5

The next term in the sequence is 6.5

Hope this helped!

User Danielkza
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