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A ball is dropped from the top of a 1,000 foot building. The height of the ball is half its original height after each bounce. What will the height of the ball be after 10 bounces?

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Help me please? :)

A ball is dropped from the top of a 1,000 foot building. The height of the ball is half its original height after each bounce. What will the height of the ball be after 10 bounces?

anonymous · Answer

This is basically a half life equation, and the easiest way to go about it is dividing by two each time, so 1,000/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2 and that's .9765625 feet I think.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you! So a decay in sorts? 1000 / 2^10

anonymous · Answer

yes 
h90) =1000
h(1) = 1000/2^1 = 500
h(2) = 1000/2^2 = 250
  etc