Ball Jumping

A rubber ball keeps on bouncing back to 2/3 of the height from which it is dropped. Can you calculate the fraction of its original height that the ball will bounce after it is dropped and it has bounced four times without any hindrance ?




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John: How much for the one?
Shopkeeper: It is $2
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Shopkeeper: It is $4
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Shopkeeper: It is $6.

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31 11 33 33 43 45
21 25
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To Break the code Intelligence Agency brings a mathematician named Joseph.
Minutes later he deciphers the code.

Whats the code?

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