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When a Cray-Ze-Ball it dropped, it bounces to half the height it was dropped from. If a Cray-Ze-Ball is dropped from a height of $6$ feet, how far has it traveled when it touches the ground the $5$th time?

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0.375. I Made a list so each time I dropped it, I divided the original number in half
1: 6inch
2: 3inch
3: 1.5inch
4: 0.75Inch
5: 0.375inch

User Hunterloftis
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so, the answer is 17.25

the ball DOES fall 5 times, but it only re-bounces 4 times.

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