Use Inductive Reasoning to Predict the Next Number in the Sequence

question 10

Multiple Choice

Use inductive reasoning to predict the next number in the sequence.
-2, 5, 4, 10, 8, 20, ...

• A) 40
• B) 30
• C) 16
• D) 12

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