SOLUTION: A ball is dropped from a height of 1.5 m. Each time it bounces on the ground, it rises to 3/4 of the height it fell. Calculate the total distance it will cover by the 20th bounce.

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Question 1201839: A ball is dropped from a height of 1.5 m. Each time it bounces on the ground, it rises to 3/4 of the height it fell. Calculate the total distance it will cover by the 20th bounce.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A ball is dropped from a height of 1.5 m. Each time it bounces on the ground, it
rises to 3/4 of the height it fell. Calculate the total distance it will cover
by the 20th bounce.
We will consider the first term to be the first drop plus the first rise, which
is 1.5 + (3/4)(1.5) = 2.625

The last term will end when the ball has finished bouncing upward the 20th time.


Edwin
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