An engineer designed a ball so that when it was dropped, it rose with each bounce exactly one-half as high as it had fallen. The engineer dropped the ball from a 16-meter platform and caught it after it had traveled 46.5 meters. How many times did the ball bounce?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9![]()
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9