An object is dropped from a height h from the ground. Every time it hits the ground it looses 50% of its kinetic energy. The total distance covered as is :
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Official answer: C
The official answer, , corresponds to the speed being halved at each bounce (, so each rebound height is of the previous one):
Read literally, losing 50% of the kinetic energy makes each rebound height of the previous, which gives , not among the options. The answer follows the official key.