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 32.5 meters. How many times did the ball bounce?  Choose the correct choice from the following:
A) 2 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 E) 9
2ns: 2   Division of total diatance travelled will be 16+16+0.5   2
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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 32.5 meters. How many times did the ball bounce?