Brightstorm Q & A : A ball is dropped from 1458 feet and at each bounce it rebounds 1/3 of the height from which it last fell. How far has the ball traveled by the time it strikes the ground for the sixth time?

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set up the function as D=Doe^-xt when t=0 your D=Do=1458 then plug in and D is 486 ( 1/3 of original height) when you have t=1 which is number of bounces solve for x, then plug in t=2,3,4,5,6 and find the height

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chitra003 April 25, 2011

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set up the function as D=Doe^-xt when t=0 your D=Do=1458 then plug in and D is 486 ( 1/3 of original height) when you have t=1 which is number of bounces solve for x, then plug in t=2,3,4,5,6 and find the height

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...sydnie... April 25, 2011

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set up the function as D=Doe^-xt when t=0 your D=Do=1458 then plug in and D is 486 ( 1/3 of original height) when you have t=1 which is number of bounces solve for x, then plug in t=2,3,4,5,6 and find the height...

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...sydnie... April 27, 2011

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