A rubber ball is dropped onto a hard surface from a height of 8 feet, and it bounces up and down. At each bounce it rises to 80% of the height from which it fell.

(a) Find a formula for , the height in inches reached by the ball on bounce .

(b) How high will the ball bounce on the bounce?
inches

(c) How many bounces before the ball rises no higher than an inch?
bounces

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