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A ball is dropped vertically upon a slope. What type of progression do the distances between each consecutive bounce?

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A ball is dropped vertically upon a slope. What type of progression do the distances between each consecutive bounce?

what would be the progression

Assumptions:
-Ignore air resistance
-Assume all collisions to be perfectly elastic

posted Mar 22, 2017 by anonymous

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