Question

Consider the first four terms of the sequence below. -3, -12, -48, -192, . . . what is the 8th term of this sequence?

Answer 1

Answer: -49152

Step-by-step explanation: the pattern here is that each term is subtracting 3 times its absolute value. Going from -3 to -12 there is a difference of 9 which is 3 times to absolute value of -3. So, the sequence will continue like this : -192, - 768, -3072, - 12288, -49152.