(a) A tennis ball with a small mass m2 sits on top of a basketball with a large mass m1 (see Fig.). The bottom of the basketball is a height h above the ground, and the bottom of the tennis ball is a height h+d above the ground. The balls are dropped. To what height does the tennis ball bounce?(b) Now consider n balls, B1, . , Bn, having masses m1, m2, . , mn (with m1 >> m2 >> . >> mn), standing in a vertical stack (see Fig.). The bottom of B1 is a height h above the ground, and the bottom of Bn is a height h + ? above the ground. The balls are dropped. In terms of n, to what height does the top ball bounce?

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