Identify the following sequence as arithmetic, geometric, or neither. Find the next three terms.
negative 2 comma negative 4 comma negative 8 comma negative 16 comma ellipsis
(1 point)
Responses
arithmetic; negative 24 comma negative 32 comma negative 40
arithmetic; Image with alt text: negative 24 comma negative 32 comma negative 40
arithmetic; negative 20 comma negative 24 comma negative 28
arithmetic; Image with alt text: negative 20 comma negative 24 comma negative 28
geometric; negative 32 comma negative 64 comma negative 128
geometric; Image with alt text: negative 32 comma negative 64 comma negative 128
neither; negative 22 comma negative 32 comma negative 44
The sequence is geometric because each term is being multiplied by -2 to get the next term.
The next three terms would be:
-32, -64, -128