You drop a ball from a height of 1.5 meters. Each curved path has 71% of the height of the previous path.
a. Write a rule for the sequence using centimeters. The initial height is given by the term n = 1.
b. What height will the ball be at the top of the sixth path?

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Hello,

a)
[tex] a_{1}=150 [/tex] (cm)
[tex] a_{2}=150*0.71 [/tex]
[tex] a_{3}=150*0.71^{2} [/tex]
...
[tex] a_{n}=150*0.71^{n-1} [/tex]

b)
[tex] a_{6}=150*0.71^{5}=27,063440265 [/tex] (cm)