Problem: A rubber ball is dropped from a second story window and bounces repeatedly according to the table belo
What is the growth factor (or rebound ratio) for the ball? At what height is the ball initially dropped from? How high
would the ball bounce (or rebound) after the 5th time it hits the ground?
Number of
Bounces:
Height (in
feet):
0
35
1
28
1st Read: What do we Want? What in the
2
22.4
3
17.92
14.336
10
5