Use Inductive Reasoning to Predict the Next Number in the Sequence

question 29

Multiple Choice

Use inductive reasoning to predict the next number in the sequence.
- $1 , - \frac { 1 } { 2 } , \frac { 1 } { 4 } , - \frac { 1 } { 8 } , \frac { 1 } { 16 } , \ldots$

• A) \(\frac { 1 } { 64 }\)
• B) \(- \frac { 1 } { 64 }\)
• C) \(- \frac { 1 } { 32 }\)
• D) \(\frac { 1 } { 32 }\)

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