SOLUTION: A ball is dropped from 13.5ft, after each bounce the ball goes up by 60% of the previous bounce. How high will the ball go after the 38th bounce?
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Question 222445: A ball is dropped from 13.5ft, after each bounce the ball goes up by 60% of the previous bounce. How high will the ball go after the 38th bounce? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
After the first bounce, the ball will go up . After the second bounce, the ball will go up 60% of that, or . But that is the same as . Following the pattern, after the 38th bounce, the ball will go up:
feet
Works out to about . About half the thickness of a coarse black human hair.
