standard_description: Understand that a function is a rule that assigns to each input exactly one output. The graph of a function is the set of ordered pairs consisting of an input and the corresponding output. (Function notation is not required in Grade 8.)
problem_activity: Task
According to Wikipedia, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) requires that a basketball bounce to a height of 1300 mm when dropped from a height of 1800 mm.
Suppose you drop a basketball and the ratio of each rebound height to the previous rebound height is 1300:1800. Let $h$ be the function that assigns to $n$ the rebound height of the ball (in mm) on the $n^{\rm th}$ bounce. Complete the chart below, rounding to the nearest mm.
{"table": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["centered", "narrow"]}, "tbody": [{"tr": [{"th": [{"_value": "$n$"}, {"_value": "$h(n)$"}]}, {"td": [{"_value": "0"}, {"_value": "1800"}]}, {"td": [{"_value": "1"}, {}]}, {"td": [{"_value": "2"}, {}]}, {"td": [{"_value": "3"}, {}]}]}]}]}
Write an expression for $h(n)$.
Solve an equation to determine on which bounce the basketball will first have a height of less than 100 mm.


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