SOLUTION: John's rubber ball bounces exactly half the height from which it is dropped. he drops the ball from a building that is 64 feet tall. How high will the ball bounce on its sixth boun
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Question 60338: John's rubber ball bounces exactly half the height from which it is dropped. he drops the ball from a building that is 64 feet tall. How high will the ball bounce on its sixth bounce?
Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Bounce 1
Bounce 2
Bounce 3
Hopefully you can see a pattern here so the 6th bounce will be
Bounce 6
So the sixth bounce will reach 1 foot in height.
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