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Why does a bullet go so fast?

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gunpowder burns creating great heat , air pressure increases proportionally , and, like an air rifle, immense pressure creates force on back of slug accelerating it along the tightly fitting gun barrel. Imagine say 20g slug accelerated (assume uniformly) to 2000m/s in 10cm of gun barrel and calculate average force required to do it , this being testimony to gunpowder's tremendous potential energy.

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The bullet train is so fast because it is streamlined so the air particles slide off the nose. If the nose was completely flat, the air particles would just slam into the front of the train causing the train to have to push harder against them to accelerate.

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Because It's A Very Fast Train.

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