SOLUTION: 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.
How high will the
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How high will the
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Question 1000316: 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.
How high will the ball bounce on the 8th bounce?
Thanks very much. Answer by ikleyn(52798) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
It is 6-th term of the geometric progression with the first term 0.85*6 ft and the common ratio of 0.85.
