document.write( "Question 1089773: a rubber ball is dropped from a height of 25 m and each time it stikes the ground it rebounds to a height of 60% of the distance from which it fell. find the total distance traveled by the ball before it comes to rest. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let the first term be the ball's first 25-meter drop PLUS \r\n" );
document.write( "its 25(0.60) = 15-meter first upward bounce immediately \r\n" );
document.write( "following. That's 25+15 = 40 meters for the first term. \r\n" );
document.write( "Each term thereafter will consist of the ball's drop plus \r\n" );
document.write( "its upward bounce immediately following.  So the first \r\n" );
document.write( "term is 40 meters and the common ratio is 0.6.  The\r\n" );
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