A ball is dropped and bounces to a height of 5 feet. The ball rebounds to 70% of its previous height after each bounce The function that could be used to model the nth term in the sequence of heights of the ball after the initial drop is

Step-by-step explanation:

If a ball bounces to a height of 5feet, the initial drop = 5feet

If the ball rebounds to 70% of its previous height after each bounce, the next height after rebouncing will be expressed as;

= 70% of 5

= 70/100 * 5

= 0.7*5

= 3.5 feet

The next height will be 0.7*3.75 = 2.45 and so on

The  heights wil form a sequence as thus;

5, 3.5, 2.45...

This sequence forms a geometric progression.

To get the function that could be used to model the nth term in the sequence of heights of the ball after the initial drop, w will find the nth term of the sequence

a is the first term of the sequence

n is the number of terms

r is the common ratio

From the sequence:

a = 5

Substitute the given values into the formula

The nth tern=m required is

answer: what do you mean

b: |12 – x| ≤ 0.25

step-by-step explanation:      

let x be the possible lengths in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

we have been given that jaime is cutting strips of ribbon for a project. he tries to cut each piece to be 12 inches long, but sometimes he cuts it too long or too short by as much as 0.25 inch.  

we can represent this information in an inequality as:

by the definition of absolute value function we will get,

upon combining our inequalities we will get,

therefore, the inequality   describes all the possible lengths (x), in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

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