Homework Help: alg2

Posted by jerson on Monday, June 9, 2008 at 9:31pm.

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

alg2 - Damon, Monday, June 9, 2008 at 9:38pm
.85*.85*.85 * 15 = .85^3 * 15 = 9.21

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