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A ball is dropped from a height of 50 inches. The height of the ball after each bounce is half the height the ball reached on the previous bounce. You can use a function to describe the height the ball reaches after x bounces.Write an equation for the function. If it is linear, write it in the form h(x)=mx+b. If it is exponential, write it in the form h(x)=a(b)x.

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A ball is dropped from a height of 50 inches. The height of the ball after each bounce is half the height the ball reached on the previous bounce. You can use a function to describe the height the ball reaches after x bounces.Write an equation for the function. If it is linear, write it in the form h(x)=mx+b. If it is exponential, write it in the form h(x)=a(b)x.

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The height of the ball after each bounce is half the height of the previous bounce, which indicates an exponential decay. Therefore, the function will be in the form of h(x) = a(b)^x.

Here, 'a' is the initial height from which the ball is dropped, which is 50 inches. 'b' is the rate at which the height decreases after each bounce, which is 0.5 (or 1/2) because the height is halved after each bounce. 'x' is the number of bounces.

So, the equation for the function is:

h(x) = 50(0.5)^x

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