Write the First Five Terms of the Sequence Whose Nth $a _ { n } = ( - 4 ) ^ { n }$

question 98

Multiple Choice

Write the first five terms of the sequence whose nth term is shown.
- $a _ { n } = ( - 4 ) ^ { n }$

• A)16, -64, 256, -1024, 4096
• B)-4, 16, -64, 256, -1024
• C)4, 16, 64, 256, 1024
• D)-4, -8, -12, -16, -20

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