The New Texas Giant is going up the lift hill. When it is cresting the top, however, a screw from the lapbar falls out from a height of 147 feet (heh heh). Each time the screw hits the ground, it bounces up 3/4 of the vertical distance covered on the previous bounce. Given that the screw keeps bouncing until it stops, how much distance does it cover?
Nothing in the problem statement suggests that it will actually stop bouncing, but the bounces will get small enough as to converge on a number:
1029 ft.
Chris Baker
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I still have the following questions:
1) Was the screw coming loose the fault of Six Flags or the manufacturer?
2) Who will sue who?
3) Was Intamin the manufacturer, and if so, how did all the other screws stay in?
13 Boomerang, 9 SLC, and 8 B-TR clones
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