Question

What is the height of each ball on the fifth bounce (i.e., Height 6)? Use the geometric sequence formula, an = a1rn – 1 and show your work.

Answer 1

Ball 1 Description Ball 2 Description Ball 3 Description
Height 1
(start) 3 ft 3 ft 3 ft
Height 2 2.4 1.9 0.9
Height 3 1.9 1.2 0.3
Height 4 1.5 0.8 0.1
Height 5 1.2 0.5 0.02

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

1/ find r by pick any of them. I pick \(a_5\) to calculate r . Apply formula \(a_5=a_1r^4\), we have \(r=\sqrt[4]{\dfrac{a_5}{a_1}}=\sqrt[4]{\dfrac{1.2}{3}}=0.795\)
2/ Now, we have r, just apply the formula to find \(a_6\) for each of balls.