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 44.5 meters. How many times did the ball bounce?	Choose the correct choice: A) 4 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 E) 9

Rationale: "division of total diatance travelled will be 16 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 0.5 ans : 4"
Answer: A