SOLUTION: Find the next three numbers in the sequence and describe how you got that. -20, -10, -20/3, -5, -4...

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Question 894002: Find the next three numbers in the sequence and describe how you got that.
-20, -10, -20/3, -5, -4...
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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-20%2A%281%2F2%29=-10
-10%2A%282%2F3%29=-20%2F3
-%2820%2F3%29%2A%283%2F4%29=-5
-5%2A%284%2F5%29=-4
So increase the numerator and denominator by 1 for each successive value.
-4%2A%285%2F6%29=-10%2F3
-%2810%2F3%29%2A%286%2F7%29=-60%2F21
-%2860%2F21%29%2A%287%2F8%29=-5%2F2