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After striking a floor a certain ball rebounds 4/5th of the height from which it has fallen. Let the total distance that it travels before coming to rest be k, when it is gently dropped from a height of 120 metres.Find k/120 ?

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Solution

If the ball is dropped from a height h, distance travelled by it looks like h+4h5(while it goes up) + 4h5(while it comes down) +(45)2h+(45)2h+.... infinite times
Using the formula for infinite geometric progression, the sum becomes h+2[4h5145]=9h
Here, k=9h and h is given to be 120.
k120=9

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