Asked by Duut Edward

a tennis ball is dropped from a height of 30mtrs, and it rebounds four-fifths of the distance it has fallen after each fall. find
1. the height of nth bounce
2. the total distance traveled on rebound before coming to rest.

Answers

Answered by Steve
The nth bounce will have height 30 * (4/5)^n

No idea how many bounces it will take before stopping.

But, to get the total travel after n bounces, just add 30 to twice the sum of n terms of the sequence (a round trip is up and back down)
Answered by Scott
it's a convergent geometric series, so you can find the sum

the sum, minus 30, is the total rebound distance

s = a / (1 - r) = 30 / (1 - 4/5)
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