An engineer designed a ball so that when it was dropped, it rose with each bounce exactly one-half as high as it had fallen. The engineer dropped the ball from a 16-meter platform and caught it after it had traveled 46 meters. How many times did the ball bounce?  Choose the correct choice from the following options:	A) 4	B) 6	C) 7	D) 8	E) 9

Rationale: division of total distance traveled will be 16 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 ans : a
Answer: A