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What is the common ratio for this geometric sequence? 16, 8, 4, 2, ...
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What is the common ratio for this geometric sequence?
16, 8, 4, 2, ...

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the answer is 1/2 !!
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The answer is 1/2. The answer is 1/2 because for every number following the first, the value is multiplied by 1/2 (or divided by 2) to get half of the first number.
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