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Why does a bullet shot horizontally hit the ground at the same time as one just dropped?
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Because the horizontal and vertical motion of an object are separate. This means that a thrown object will accelerate with the same amount of acceleration as a dropped object (about 9.8 m/s2 acceleration due to gravity) causing them to hit the ground at the same time
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If a rifle is fired horizontally and an identical bullet dropped from the height of the barrel Which hits the ground first?
They hit at almost exactly the same time. Just because the bullet from the gun is moving horizontally at high speed, this does not mean it escapes the pull of gravity. However, the direction of the fired bullet is "horizontal" (perpendicular to the vertical pull of gravity). This vector is very slightly tangential to the force of gravity, because the Earth is curved. So although the bullet path describes an arc, it is very, very slightly above the curvature of the Earth. The difference for this case would be practically immeasurable. However, for faster projectiles it would be proportionally larger.
What does gravity do to the path of an object that is thrown horiziontally?
It doesn't matter whether the object is thrown down, up, horizontally, or diagonally. Once it leaves the thrower's hand, it is accelerated downward by an amount equal to acceleration of gravity on the planet where this is all happening. On Earth, if you throw an object horizontally, it accelerates downward at the rate of 9.8 meters per second2 ... just as it would if you simply dropped it. Whether it's dropped or thrown horizontally, it hits the ground at the same time.
How much does a bullet drop in one second?
16 feet. Just like anything else dropped on Earth.
Does it take longer for a raindrop to hit the ground if it is being blown horizontally by the wind than it would if it were falling perfectly vertical in a vacuum?
If both raindrops are dropped at the same time from the same height, then no, it does not take any longer, They will hit the ground at the same time because the vertical distance to the ground remains the same.One just travels further away
Is it true an object that will hit the ground before an object that is thrown horizontally?
yes, i just test right now
Will a bullet fired from a level gun hit the earth at the same time as the gun if it is dropped at the same time?
no. as long as there are no obstacles present, the bullet would theoretically fall longer than the gun, because the Earth is curved, and the Earth would curve away from the bullet just a little bit before the bullet reached the Earth's surface, making the fall just a little bit longer. this effect will be magnified if the bullet moves at a very high velocity. This is essentially what happens when an object is in orbit, only when an object is in orbit, it is moving quickly enough that the Earth has completely curved out of it's falling path before it reaches the ground.
If you drop a bullet off a table 3 feet high and fire another one straight across an empty football field which will hit the ground first?
Falling three feetThis is a common question in elementary physics and the wrong answer (that the bullets will land at the same time) is given quite frequently. Though some would argue that factoring in lift due to exceeding terminal velocity is excessive and needlessly complicates things to make a point that changes the answer only slightly, the truth of the matter is that the fired bullet will take almost twice as long to land. Although you didn't state it explicitly in your question, we will assume the bullet fired from the rifle starts out three feet off the ground, not at shoulder height.Assuming that, the bullets will strike the ground at nearly the same time!! For many people that is a counter-intuitive answer.Orthogonal forces -- that is, forces at right angles to each other -- have no effect on each other. When a bullet is fired from a gun, the force due to gravity works at right angles to the bullet's horizontal motion. The bullet's horizontal motion and any forces acting on the bullet in the horizontal direction have no effect on the motion of, or the forces acting on, the bullet in the vertical direction.When the bullet leaves the end of the muzzle of the gun, gravitational forces will start to act on the bullet immediately. The bullet will accelerate toward the ground at 9.8 meters per second squared (32.2 feet per second squared), just like any object that is dropped and falling freely.At this point you might think they would strike the ground simultaneously. However, drag forces caused by the bullet exceeding terminal velocity would cause a lift. Similar to the principle upon which plane flight is based. This would cause the fired bullet to stay airborne slightly longer than the dropped bullet.The dropped bullet will strike the ground in about 432 milliseconds (0.432 second).The fired bullet will land shortly after.(Except the bullet would go far beyond an empty football field, unless it hit a wall at the end of it or something...)
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It depends on the thickness of the glass and the muzzle energy of the bullet, not just the velocity.
Rae dropped a bowling ball from a height of 8 meters. At which distance above the ground was the ball MOST likely moving at the greatest speed?
Still accelerating til it hits earth. ====================================== The height from which she dropped the ball is irrelevant. In any case, the ball was most likely moving at the greatest speed just as it hit the ground. The answer to the question is: zero.
