Question

Eric dropped a ball from a three story building that was 30 feet tall. After the ball landed it bounced 85% the height of the previous height. Write the explicit form to represent the height of the ball after each bounce.

Answer 1

`y= 30-0.85x`

Explanation:

Given data

Height of building= 30ft

We are told that after the ball landed it bounced 85% the height

let the new height be y

So the expression for the new height for x number of bounces is

`y= 30-0.85x`