A ball is dropped vertically. It reaches a height of 1.6m on the first bounce. The height of each subsequent bounce is 80% of the previous bounce.

A. Find the height the ball reaches on the 6th bounce.

B. Find the sum of the first seven terms of this sequence.

1 answer

A: 1.6 * 0.8^5
B: 1.6 * (1 - 0.8^7)/(1-0.8)