CEMC Fermat, 2000

Algebra Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer Canada

In a sequence, every term after the second term is twice the sum of the two preceding terms. The seventh term of the sequence is 8, and the ninth term is 24. What is the eleventh term of the sequence?

(A) $160$ (B) $304$ (C) $28$ (D) $56$ (E) $64$

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