A body falls freely from a height ' 
' on a fixed horizontal plane and rebounds. If 'e' is the coefficient of restitution, the total distance travelled before it comes to rest is
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When a ball dropped from a height 
, then it will strick the floor with velocity 
Now, after strick the floor it will bounce back with velocity, 
Now it will travel 
distance before again striking the ground.
Here 
again the ball will bounce back with 
velocity.
This process continues for long time till ball comes to the rest.
So, total distance travelled 
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