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A ball is dropped from a height of 16 feet. Each time it drops, it rebounds 80% of the height from which it is falling.

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80% can be written as 0.8. You need to find 0.8 of 16.

You can write this as 16(0.8).

16(0.8) = 12.8 feet

Hope this helps.

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