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After every drop,the ball bounces to half it's previous height. With that understood.
1st drop -The ball drops 10m
1st bounce - 5m up
2nd drop - 5m down
2nd bounce - 2.5m up
3rd drop - 2.5m down
3rd bounce - 1.25m up
4th drop - 1.25m down
4th bounce - 0.625m up
5th/last drop - 0.625m down
To find the total vertical distance, you add them all.
10+5+5+2.5+2.5+1.25+1.25+0.625+0.625
=29.25m travelled in all.
The sum of measures of angles A and B is 90°
Hence the angles are complementary
- As complementary angles have sum 90°
14^(7x) = 17^(-8-x)
Take the log of both sides:
7x*log 14 = -(8+x)*log 17, or 7x^log 14 = -8*log 17 - x*log 17.
Grouping the x terms, we get x(7*log 14 + log 17)= -8*log 17
Then:
-8*log 17
x= -------------------------- (answer)
7*log 14 + log 17