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A ball is dropped from a height of <math>3</math> meters. On its first bounce it rises to a height of <math>2</math> meters. It keeps falling and bouncing to <math>\frac{2}{3}</math> of the height it reached in the previous bounce. On which bounce will it not rise to a height of <math>0.5</math> meters? | A ball is dropped from a height of <math>3</math> meters. On its first bounce it rises to a height of <math>2</math> meters. It keeps falling and bouncing to <math>\frac{2}{3}</math> of the height it reached in the previous bounce. On which bounce will it not rise to a height of <math>0.5</math> meters? | ||
Revision as of 12:05, 9 December 2012
Problem
A ball is dropped from a height of 
meters. On its first bounce it rises to a height of 
meters. It keeps falling and bouncing to 
of the height it reached in the previous bounce. On which bounce will it not rise to a height of 
meters?
See Also
| 2008 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 11 |
Followed by Problem 13 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
