A ball is released from a height of metres

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Problem

A ball is released from a height of

h

metres. Each time it hits the ground it rebounds to

\dfrac{3}{4}

of the height from which it fell. If the total vertical distance travelled by the ball before it comes to rest is 49 m, determine the value of

h

(correct to two decimal places).