Question

I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST PLEASE HELP!! Determine whether the given sequence could be geometric, arithmetic, or neither. If possible, identify either the common ratio or the common difference.
−1280, −320, −80, −20, −5, ....

Answer 1

Answer:

  geometric, 1/4

Step-by-step explanation:

An arithmetic sequence will have a common difference. A geometric sequence will have a common ratio. If neither of those describes the sequence, it is "neither."

Obviously the difference between numbers in this sequence is decreasing, so this is not an arithmetic sequence.

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The ratios of adjacent terms are ...

  -320/-1280 = -80/-320 = -20/-80 = -5/-20 = 1/4

The sequence is a geometric sequence with a common ratio of 1/4.