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Each bounce has its own impulse. As the ball bounces, and passes through air, there is air friction and some energy is lost as heat and sound to the air, and transferred to the ground also. As this happens, the speed of the ball is lowered, meaning that according to p=mv, there will be less impulse for each consecutive bounce.

When the ball bounces, the positive velocity (towards the ground) would be negated from the negative velocity to give delta v, the combined velocity.

From there, you would multiply that by the mass of the object, divide that total by time.

I think P=F=mv/t (all delta variables) where p is the impulse, F is the force, m is the mass, v is the velocity (the combined total of v1-v2, or what ever gives the highest number) and t is the time required for the ball to stop.

Hope that answers your question.

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