Question

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

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

Answer 1

appears GP Since the vertical velocity increases with each bounce resulting in components of the velocity perpendicular to and along the surface increasing resulting in increase in velocity and the horizontal distance covered being proportional to the square root of the velocity with each bounce.