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One day during practice, LeBron decided to collect some data on the height of a basketball’s bounce. He first dropped the basketball from an initial height of 24 feet. At its first bounce, he recorded that the ball reached a height of 12 feet. At its second bounce, he recorded a height of 6 feet, and so on. His data is displayed in the table below.

BALL’S HEIGHT
Starting height 24 feet
First bounce 12 feet
Second bounce 6 feet
Third bounce 3 feet
Fourth bounce 1.5 feet

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One day during practice, LeBron decided to collect some data on the height of a basketball’s bounce. He first dropped the basketball from an initial height of 24 feet. At its first bounce, he recorded that the ball reached a height of 12 feet. At its second bounce, he recorded a height of 6 feet, and so on. His data is displayed in the table below.

BALL’S HEIGHT
Starting height	24 feet
First bounce	12 feet
Second bounce	6 feet
Third bounce	3 feet
Fourth bounce	1.5 feet

anonymous · Answer

1.	If the ball were dropped from a different initial height, would the common ratio be different? Explain your reasoning.

anonymous · Answer

2. What is the height of the ball on the fifth bounce? Use the geometric sequence formula, a_n = a_1r^(n-1)

jordan123321 · Answer

@sierra!

anonymous · Answer

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