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A certain ball was dropped from a window 8 meters above a si
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A certain ball was dropped from a window 8 meters above a sidewalk. On each bounce it rose straight up exactly one-half the distance of the previous fall. After the third bounce the ball was caught when it reached a height of exactly 1 meter above the sidewalk. How many meters did the ball travel in all?
(A) 21
(B) 19
(C) 17
(D) 15
(E) 13
(A) 21
(B) 19
(C) 17
(D) 15
(E) 13
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Carcass wrote:
A certain ball was dropped from a window 8 meters above a sidewalk. On each bounce it rose straight up exactly one-half the distance of the previous fall. After the third bounce the ball was caught when it reached a height of exactly 1 meter above the sidewalk. How many meters did the ball travel in all?
(A) 21
(B) 19
(C) 17
(D) 15
(E) 13
(A) 21
(B) 19
(C) 17
(D) 15
(E) 13
Drop 8 meters
Rise 4 meters
Drop 4 meters
Rise 2 meters
Drop 2 meters
Rise 1 meters (DONE!)
8 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 21 meters
Answer: A
Cheers,
Brent
