A very bouncy ball is thrown to a hard surface and rises to a height of h feet on its first bounce. On each subsequent b

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A very bouncy ball is thrown to a hard surface and rises to a height of h feet on its first bounce. On each subsequent bounce, the ball reaches a height which is some fixed fraction of the height reached on the previous bounce. What is the sum of the heights reached by the ball on its first five bounces?

Statement (1): The height h of the first bounce is 32 feet.

Statement (2): The sum of the heights of the first three bounces is 56 feet

Answer: C

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