Question

A ball is dropped from a height of 10 feet and returns to a height that is one-half of the height from which it fell. The ball continues to bounce half the height of the previous bounce each time. How far will the ball have traveled when it hits the ground for the fourth time?

Answer 1

first you have a 10 then you divide it by 2, 4 times then you answer is going to be 0.625

Answer 2

10+5+5+2.5+2.5+1.25+1.25 = 27.5 Feet. The ball goes down 10 then up 5 and 5 back down, up 2.5 etc...