SOLUTION: A rubber ball is dropped from the height of 13.5 feet. After each bounce the ball only goes up by 60% of what it did on the previous bounce. How high will the ball go after the 38t
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Question 219570: A rubber ball is dropped from the height of 13.5 feet. After each bounce the ball only goes up by 60% of what it did on the previous bounce. How high will the ball go after the 38th bounce? I took the 13.5x .6 for the 1st bounce which is 8.1Ft. and the 2nd bounce is 4.9ft. and the third is 2.9ft. I could do this for all the bounces but it would take me forever. How can I write a formula to just put in bounce to get height?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'll try to write a general formula.
After the 1st and succeeding bounces,
It looks like the formula would be
where is the number of bounces
and is the height after that bounce
After bounces,
ft
How much is that in millionths of an inch?
millionths of inch/ft
That looks like billionths
of an inch after the 38th bounce
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