Asked by D4VD

What is the pattern in the values as the exponents increase?

Powers of 2
Value
2 Superscript negative 5
StartFraction 1 Over 32 EndFraction
2 Superscript negative 4
StartFraction 1 Over 16 EndFraction
2 Superscript negative 3
StartFraction 1 Over 8 EndFraction
2 Superscript negative 2
One-fourth
2 Superscript negative 1
One-half
2 Superscript 0
1

add StartFraction 1 Over 16 EndFraction to the previous value
subtract StartFraction 1 Over 16 EndFraction from the previous value
divide the previous value by 2
multiply the previous value by 2

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Multiply the previous value by 2.

Each time the exponent increases by 1 the power of 2 doubles: 1/32 → 1/16 → 1/8 → 1/4 → 1/2 → 1.