Rohan dropped a lacrosse ball from a building.



After each bounce, the height of the ball is measured and recorded in the table.

Bounce Number Height (cm) After Bounce
1 10,240
2 2,560
3 640
4 160
Write an explicit and recursive formula to represent the sequence of the height of the ball after each bounce.

What is the height of the ball after bounce 8? Explain your answer by using one of the formulas you created.

Answer :

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Answer:

The nth bounce a sub n is 0.25 (a sub n-1)

0.625 cm

  Recursive formula of the sequence[tex]T_n=10240(\frac{1}{4})^{n-1}[/tex]

  Explicit formula of the sequence → [tex]T_1=10240, \\T_{n+1}=T_n(0.25)[/tex]

  Height of the ball after 8th bounce will be 0.625 cm.

Geometric sequence and its explicit and recursive formula,

  • If a sequence is in the form of [tex]ar,ar,ar^2,ar^3.....[/tex] n terms,

        Sequence will be the geometric sequence and the explicit formula

        of the sequence will be,

        [tex]T_n=ar^{n-1}[/tex]

        Here, [tex]a=[/tex] First term

        [tex]r=[/tex] Common ratio

        [tex]n=[/tex] Number of terms

  • Similarly, recursive formula will be,

        [tex]a=[/tex] First term

        [tex]T_{n+1}=T_n(r)[/tex]

From the table attached,

There is common ratio between the successive term and previous term under the column (height after the bounce) is,

[tex]\frac{T_2}{T_1}=\frac{2560}{10240}=\frac{1}{4}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{T_3}{T_2}=\frac{640}{2560}=\frac{1}{4}[/tex]

Therefore, height of the ball after each bounce will represent a geometric sequence.

Explicit formula of a geometric sequence will be given by the expression,

[tex]T_n=10240(\frac{1}{4})^{n-1}[/tex]

Recursive formula for the sequence will be,

[tex]T_1=10240[/tex]

[tex]T_{n+1}=T_n(\frac{1}{4})[/tex]

By using recursive formula,

Height of the ball after 8th bounce,

[tex]T_8=10240(\frac{1}{4})^{8-1}[/tex]

    [tex]=10240(0.25)7[/tex]

    [tex]=0.625[/tex] cm

      Therefore, explicit formula to represent the height of the ball will be [tex]T_n=10240(\frac{1}{4})^{n-1}[/tex]recursive formula will be, [tex]T_1=10240\\T_{n+1}=T_n(0.25)[/tex]

       And height of the ball after 8th bounce will be 0.625 cm.

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