Question

A bouncy ball is dropped such the the height of its first bounce is 6 feet and each successive bounce is 54% of the previous bounce's height. What would be the height of the 5th bounce of the ball? Round to the nearest tenth (if necessary).

Answer 1

Explantion:

1. We do 6 x 54% = b
2. We do 6 x 54% which equals 3.24 then we do 3.24(5)
3. We do 3.24 x 5 = b
4. We do 3.24 x 5 which equals 16.2

Therefore, 16.2 would be the height of the 5th bounce of the ball

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