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Problem 12 (2008 AMC 8)

AMC 8Easy

From module Geometric Sequences

Problem

A ball is dropped from a height of 33 meters. On its first bounce it rises to a height of 22 meters. It keeps falling and bouncing to 23\frac{2}{3} of the height it reached in the previous bounce. On which bounce will it not rise to a height of 0.50.5 meters?

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