SOLUTION: A ball is dropped from a height of 80 ft. The elasticity of this ball is such that it rebounces three-fourths of the distance it has fallen. How high does the ball rebound on the f
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Question 981921: A ball is dropped from a height of 80 ft. The elasticity of this ball is such that it rebounces three-fourths of the distance it has fallen. How high does the ball rebound on the fifth bounce? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
find a formula to find for the nth term for how high the ball bounces.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A ball is dropped from a height of 80 ft. The elasticity of this ball is such that it rebounces three-fourths of the distance it has fallen. How high does the ball rebound on the fifth bounce?
h(5) = 80*(0.75)^5 = 18.984 ft
(Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
19 ft
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find a formula to find for the nth term for how high the ball bounces.
h(n) =
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