Answer:
x = 1 1/2 cups
1.5 cups
Step-by-step explanation:
We can use ratios to solve
14 pancakes 21 pancakes
------------------ = ------------
1 cup x cups
Using cross products
14x = 21*1
Divide each side by 14
14x/14 = 21/14
x = 3/2
x = 1 1/2 cups
1/2^3 would be the answer!
Hope this helps!
Answer:
Stare at it long enough. You will notice that with each step you double the value, and change sign. It makes it a geometric sequence of ratio -2. At this point you have two ways of writing down:
Option 1: Ricorsively, the first term is -5, then the next term is -2 times the previous one:

Option 2: In closed form, remembering that the n-th term in a geometric sequence is the starting term times the n-th power of the ratio:
Either work, depending on what you need to use it for.
I think it would be 2 soulutions