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An elastic ball is dropped on a long inclined plane. If bounces, hits the plane again, bounces and so on. let us Label the distance between the point of the first and second hit and the distance between the points of second and the third hit is . find the ratio of .

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If we rotate the coordinate system so that the ramp is horizontal, then the free fall acceleration will have two components one downward and one horizontal In this frame, the initial velocity will have components given by & time for each bounce is given by
The horizontal displacement
given these equation
Since
The horizontal displacement
given these equation
Since
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