Homework Help: Math

Posted by Jewell on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 12:33pm.

a special rubber ball is dropped from the top of a wall that is 64 feet high. each time the ball bounces it rises half as high as the distance it fell. The ball is caught when it bounces 1foot high. how many times did the ball bounce?

Math - Erin, Monday, February 20, 2012 at 12:42pm
1 bounce=32
2 bounce=16
3 bounce=8
4 bounce=4
5 bounce=2
6 bbounce=1

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