Answer:
[tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
For geometric sequences, we find r by dividing one of the terms by the last. So we could do [tex]\frac{1}{\frac{16}{\frac{1}{8}}}[/tex]or [tex]\frac{1}{\frac{8}{\frac{1}{4}}}[/tex] and it'll give us the same result (1/2)