1. TBQ - Height of a Bouncing Ball

A ball is dropped from a height of \(60\) metres. After hitting the ground, it bounces back to \(65\%\) of the height from which it fell. It continues bouncing in this way each time rising to \(65\%\) of the previous height.

 

(i) The height does the ball reach after the \(5^{\text{th}}\) bounce is

 

 

• 6.982
• 6.962
• 16.962
• 6.972

 

 

(ii) The total vertical distance the ball has travelled by the time it hits the ground for the \(6^{\text{th}}\) time is