document.write( "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.
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document.write( "\"a%5B1%5D=1.5m=150cm\", \"r=0.74\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The formula is\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%5Bn%5D=a%5B1%5Dr%5E%28n-1%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Just substitute a1 = 150cm and r = 0.74\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%5Bn%5D=150%280.74%29%5E%28n-1%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the rule.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For the second part, substitute n = 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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