Successive Rebound

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86.Successive Rebound

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A ball is launched straight toward the ground from height

h

with speed

v_0

. It bounces off the ground and rises to a maximum height of

h

before falling back. On its second bounce, with the same fraction of kinetic energy lost as in the first, the ball rises to a maximum height of

h/3

. What was

v_0

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