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Bouncing Balls and Geometric Series
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Description
This teaching module explores the time and distance of a bouncing ball and leads to a study of the geometric series.
Author Information
Robert Styer is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Morgan Besson is a faculty member in the Department of Physics, both at Villanova University.
Abstract
This teaching module explores the time and distance of a bouncing ball and leads to a study of the geometric series.
Technologies
This article uses a video clip in WMV (Windows Media Video) format and several interactive Flash mathlets. Click on the links for more information or to download the required plug-ins.
The article also uses several HTML special characters:
- − (minus)
- ∞ (infinity)
- √ (square root)
- → (right arrow)
- ↔ (double arrow)
Publication Data
Published May 2007; article ID 1550. Copyright © 2007 by Robert Styer and Morgan Besson.