Sequence 1: 32, 16, 0, -16, ....
Sequence 2: 32, 16, 8, 4, ...
Which of the following statements are true regarding sequence 1 and sequence 2?

Question

Sequence 1: 32, 16, 0, -16, ....
Sequence 2: 32, 16, 8, 4, ...
Which of the following statements are true regarding sequence 1 and sequence 2?

anonymous · Answer

Sequence 1 is arithmetic and sequence 2 is geometric

Both are sequences are geometric

Sequence 2 is arithmetic and sequence 1 is geometric

Both sequences are arithmetic

johnweldon1993 · Answer

what is the definition of a geometric sequence? ...and what is the definition of an arithmetic sequence?

anonymous · Answer

the first one is arithmetic it looks like? second one is geometric or they both are geometric not sure

johnweldon1993 · Answer

You are correct....the first one is indeed arithmetic (subtracts 16 each time) and the second one is indeed geometric (multiplies by (1/2) each time