Levy Witherspoon is the star center of the boys' varsity basketball team. If he drops the ball, it will bounce back to of the height from which he dropped it. Levy reaches overhead and drops the ball from a height of eight feet. How many times will it bounce before it bounces up less than two feet (approximately the height of Levy's knees)?
Solution
Since the rebound is of the former height, we can just start multiplying by 0.8. See the table below. After the 7th bounce, the ball fails to reach a height of two feet.
