In the first bounce, the height is
[tex]6.1\times(0.82)^0=6.1[/tex]In the second bounce, the height is
[tex]6.1\times(0.82)^2=5.002[/tex]Then, we can note that the pattern is
[tex]6.1\times(0.82)^{n-1}[/tex]where n represents the number of bounces of the ball. Then, for n=5 (fifth bounce), we get
[tex]\begin{gathered} 6.1\times(0.82)^{5-1} \\ 6.1\times(0.82)^4 \end{gathered}[/tex]which gives
[tex]6.1\times(0.82)^4=2.7579[/tex]Therefore, by rounding to the nearest thousandths, the answer is 2.758 feet
