document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1000316>Question 1000316</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rubber ball is dropped onto a hard surface from a height of 6 feet, and it bounces up and down. At each bounce it rises 85% of the height from which it fell.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How high will the ball bounce on the 8th bounce?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is 6-th term of the geometric progression with the first term 0.85*6 ft and the common ratio of 0.85.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(1) = 0.85*6 ft,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(2) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%280.85%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%280.85%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >*6 ft,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(6) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%280.85%5E6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%280.85%5E6%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >*6 ft.\r<BR>\n" );
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