what is the sequence pattern in 1/2, 1/8, 1/18, 1/32 ?

we cannot figure out what the pattern is to get to each fraction.
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If you double each term you will get the reciprocal of the squares of the natural numbers.

The next such square is 25, so the next term is 1/50.

The rth term is 1/(2r²).

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