That’s a good question. If the numbers in the sequence are hexadecimal, then the answer would be different. Hexadecimal is a base-16 number system, which means it uses 16 symbols to represent numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F. A is equivalent to 10 in decimal, B is equivalent to 11 and so on.

To find the next number in the sequence, we need to convert each hexadecimal number to decimal first. For example, 48 in hexadecimal is equal to 4 x 16 + 8 = 72 in decimal. Similarly, 24 in hexadecimal is equal to 2 x 16 + 4 = 36 in decimal. And 12 in hexadecimal is equal to 1 x 16 + 2 = 18 in decimal.

Now we can see that the pattern is that each number is half of the previous one in decimal. So the next number should be half of 18 in decimal, which is 9. To convert it back to hexadecimal, we need to divide it by 16 and find the remainder. The quotient is 0 and the remainder is 9. So the next number in hexadecimal is simply 9.
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