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Height, to which a ball reaches, reduces to the same ratio after each bounce. It is dropped from a height of 100 feet and after 2 bounces it reaches to a height of 25 feet. What is the factor to which height is reduced after each bounce?
A. 1/8
B. 1/6
C. 1/5
D. 1/4
E. 1/2
A. 1/8
B. 1/6
C. 1/5
D. 1/4
E. 1/2
I didn't find this question here. What does "Height, to which a ball reaches, reduces to the same ratio after each bounce" imply?
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The ball bounces on the floor and will come up. But, due to friction and other pressure the height will decrease each time it bounces. Ex. a ball is let to fall from 100mtrs, after first bounce it reach 50 mtrs; after second bounce its reaches 25 mtrs; after third bounce it reaches 12.5mtrs. Here, you can see that the decrease in height is in the same ratio 1/2.
100 ---> 100*1/2 ----> 100*1/2*1/2 ----> 100*1/2*1/2*1/2 and so on.
These kind of question can be solved by assuming ratio is x. Now as per the question, the ball bounces 2 times. So we have 100*x*x=25.
100*(x^2)=25 ----> (x^2)=1/4 ----> x=1/2
Hence the ratio/factor will be 1/2.
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The ball bounces on the floor and will come up. But, due to friction and other pressure the height will decrease each time it bounces. Ex. a ball is let to fall from 100mtrs, after first bounce it reach 50 mtrs; after second bounce its reaches 25 mtrs; after third bounce it reaches 12.5mtrs. Here, you can see that the decrease in height is in the same ratio 1/2.
100 ---> 100*1/2 ----> 100*1/2*1/2 ----> 100*1/2*1/2*1/2 and so on.
These kind of question can be solved by assuming ratio is x. Now as per the question, the ball bounces 2 times. So we have 100*x*x=25.
100*(x^2)=25 ----> (x^2)=1/4 ----> x=1/2
Hence the ratio/factor will be 1/2.
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