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Question 3997: Thanks Earlsdon. It really helped me out alot. I now need help with this problem. Thanks.
What are the next two terms of the sequence 32, -48, 72, -108, . . . ?
Answer by Pieter(35) About Me  (Show Source):
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Going from 32 to -48 you have to multiply by -1.5.
Going from -48 tp 72 you have to multiply by -1.5.
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So a number of the sequence has to be multiplied by -1.5 to get to the following one.
and when we calculate: -108*-1.5=162
The next: 162*-1.5=-243
And so on...
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