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document.write( "The ball goes down and then up. So think of it an an infinite\r\n" );
document.write( "series of \"down-ups\".  The first \"down-up\" consists of the first \r\n" );
document.write( "\"down\" of 9 meters plus the following \"up\" which is one-third of \r\n" );
document.write( "9 meters or 3 meters, which is 9+3 = 12 meters for the first \"down-up\".\r\n" );
document.write( "Then each \"down-up\" after that is one-third of the previous \"down-up\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we use:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Where a₁ = 12 and \r\n" );
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document.write( "The ball travels 18 meters.\r\n" );
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