SOLUTION: You drop a ball from a height of 1.5 meters. Each curved path has 74% of the height of the previous path. a. Write a rule for the sequence using centimeters. The initial height is

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Question 973959: You drop a ball from a height of 1.5 meters. Each curved path has 74% of the height of the previous path.
a. Write a rule for the sequence using centimeters. The initial height is given by the term n = 1.
b. What height will the ball be at the top of the sixth path?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a geometric sequence.

, 

The formula is



Just substitute a1 = 150cm and r = 0.74



That's the rule.

For the second part, substitute n = 6

cm.

Edwin
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