Question

A ball is dropped from a height of $3$ meters. On its first bounce it rises to a height of $2$ meters. It keeps falling and bouncing to $\frac{2}{3}$ of the height it reached in the previous bounce. On which bounce will it not rise to a height of $0.5$ meters?

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Answer: C

Concepts:geometric sequence

Difficulty rating: 1150

Solution:

The first bounce rises to $2$ meters. Each later bounce is $\dfrac{2}{3}$ of the previous bounce.

The fourth bounce rises to $2\left(\dfrac{2}{3}\right)^3=\dfrac{16}{27}$ , which is greater than $\dfrac{1}{2}$ .

The fifth bounce rises to $2\left(\dfrac{2}{3}\right)^4=\dfrac{32}{81}$ , which is less than $\dfrac{1}{2}$ .

Thus, C is the correct answer.

2008 AMC 8 Problem 12

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 1150

Solution:

Problem 12 in Other Years