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PhysicsSystems of Particles and Rotational MotionJEE Main

A tennis ball bounces down a flight of stairs, striking each step in turn and rebounding to the height of the step above. The coefficient of restitution has a value of

Answer: (C)

Solution

Let each step have height . The ball falls a height before striking a step (from the previous step's rebound apex, one step up, down to the next step), and must rebound to

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