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A ball drops from a ceiling of a room and after rebounding twice from the floor reaches a height equal to half that of the ceiling. Show that the coefficient of restitution is `sqrt(1/2)`

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Let `h=`height of ceiling
`implies` speed before the first impact `=sqrt(2gh)`
`implies` speed after the first impact `=esqrt(2gh)`
the ball comes back for the second impact.
Before the second impact, speed `=esqrt(2gh)`
after the second impact, speed `=e^(2)sqrt(2gh)`
Height attained `=u^(2)/(2g)impliesh/2=([e^(2)sqrt(2gh)]^(2))/(2g)impliesh/2=(e^(4)(2gh))/(2g)`
`=e=1/root(4)(2)`
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