Question

A bouncy ball is dropped such that the height of its first bounce is 2.75 feet and each successive bounce is 80% of the previous bounce's height. What would be the height of the 12th bounce of the ball? Round to the nearest tenth (if necessary).

Answer 1

Answer:

0.3 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

2.75(0.8)^x

in which x is the number of bounces after the firts bouce

bouce 12 would mean x=11

2.75(0.8)^11 = 0.2