A ball is dropped from a height of 12 m. Each time it strikes the ground it bounces back to a height of 3/4 of the distance from which it fell. Determine the total distance traveled by the ball before it comes to rest.

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2022-08-03

A ball is dropped from a height of 12 m. Each time it strikes the ground it bounces back to a height of 3/4 of the distance from which it fell. Determine the total distance traveled by the ball before it comes to rest.

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lematayp

lematayp

Beginner2022-08-04Added 10 answers

When you continuously multiple by .75 (3/4 smaller) and adding it back to the original to get the total distance, you will get infinitely close to 50 (at least as i can see) as the numbers get smaller and smaller you approach the number almost as an asymptote.

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