Now consider n balls,
having masses
(with
) , sitting in a vertical stack. The bottom of
is a height h above the ground, and the bottom of
is a height
above the
ground. The balls are dropped. In terms of n, to what height does the top
ball bounce?
Note: Work in the approximation where is much larger than , which is much larger than , etc., and assume that the balls bounce elastically. If meter, what is the minimum number of balls needed for the top one to bounce to a height of at least 1 kilometer? To reach escape velocity? Assume that the balls still bounce elastically (which is a bit absurd here). Ignore wind resistance, etc., and assume that l is negligible.
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