SOLUTION: Make a conjecture about the next item in each sequence - 2 , 4 , - 8 , 16 , - 32

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Question 507129: Make a conjecture about the next item in each sequence - 2 , 4 , - 8 , 16 , - 32
Answer by Edwin McCravy(8909) About Me  (Show Source):
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- 2 , 4 , - 8 , 16 , - 32
To get from  -2 to   4, you multiply  -2 by -2 and get   4.

To get from   4 to  -8, you multiply   4 by -2 and get  -8.

To get from  -8 to  16, you multiply  -8 by -2 and get  16.

To get from  16 to -32, you multiply  16 by -2 and get -32.

To get from -32 to ___, you multiply ___ by __ and get ___.

I'm sure you can figure out what to put in those blanks if you look
at all the sentences above and think of what you had to do to get
the next one in all those cases.

Edwin