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Homework Statement
A small sphere is dropped from rest at a height 'h' above a plane inclined at an angle θ to the horizontal ( < 90degrees ). Given that the sphere loses no energy on impact, show that the distance down the plane between this impact and the next is 8hSinθ.
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The Attempt at a Solution
Presumably, we need to consider a rotated reference frame oriented to apply to the given inclined plane. The component along the plane will have a Sinθ component, but I can't really put my finger on how to solve this.