Determine the Most Probable Next Term in the Sequence $1 , - \frac { 1 } { 4 } , \frac { 1 } { 16 } , - \frac { 1 } { 64 } , \frac { 1 } { 256 }$

question 125

Multiple Choice

Determine the most probable next term in the sequence.
- $1 , - \frac { 1 } { 4 } , \frac { 1 } { 16 } , - \frac { 1 } { 64 } , \frac { 1 } { 256 }$

• A) \(\frac { 1 } { 4096 }\)
• B) \(- \frac { 1 } { 1024 }\)
• C) \(\frac { 1 } { 1024 }\)
• D) \(- \frac { 1 } { 4096 }\)

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