<PRE><B>Question 373296</B>
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot;&gt;Okay, let&#39;s go through this exercise. &lt;br&gt;

The ball is dropped from 18 meters.&lt;br&gt;

It bounces up to 9 m, and then hits the ground a second time.&lt;br&gt;

This time it bounces up to 4.5 m and then hits the ground a third time.&lt;br&gt;

So we actually need to add up 5 different distances to get the total.&lt;br&gt;

So for total distance traveled, we should have:&lt;br&gt;

18+9+9+4.5+4.5=45 meters&lt;br&gt;

The ball should have traveled a total distance of 45 meters.&lt;br&gt;

If you draw a picture it should help quite a bit.&lt;br&gt;

I hope this helps!&lt;br&gt;</PRE>