SOLUTION: number pattern problem: 12,-4,4/3,-4/9,... Find the next two

Question 21832: number pattern problem:
12,-4,4/3,-4/9,...
Find the next two

Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The pattern to find the next number is to divide a given number by -3, or perhaps it would be better to think of multiplying by . This is called a Geometric Progression (or Series), where there is a common ratio from one number to the next.

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