Homework Help: alg

Posted by jerson on Monday, June 9, 2008 at 8:43pm.

suppose you drop a tennis ball from a height of 15 feet. After the ball hits the floor, it rebounds to 85% of its previous height. How high will the ball rebound after its third bounce. round to the nearest tenth.. my teacher told be the answers 9.2 but i dont know how she got it

alg - bobpursley, Monday, June 9, 2008 at 8:55pm
Is this a geometric series? Dont you have a formula for the nth term?
alg - jerson, Monday, June 9, 2008 at 9:29pm
no i dont

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