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Question

if i shot a bullet (from a pistol), would it get the same speed coming down as it did going up, and if it hit someone in the head would it kill them

Answer 1

Afalling object goes at the rate of 32ft per second, a bullet goes much faster, you do the math!

Answer 2

When the bullet comes down, it will be going approximately the same speed, if not a little bit slower. The moment that it is fired, gravity is working against it, and continues to slow it down until the upward momentum is 0. At that point, it begins to fall back to earth, accelerating at the same rate that it was decelerating. Not 32 feet per second, but 32 feet per second PER second which means that every second, the speed increases by 32 feet per second.

Anyway, any decrease in speed would be negligible, and would be caused by the fact that the bullet would most likely be wobbling while falling instead of falling straight. Regardless to say, it would definitely be going fast enough to kill someone.

Answer 3

actually no if you shot the bullet straight up it would not kill anoybody but it would hurt it would be like getting shot with a bb gun because the terminal velocity of a bullet is much slower than the speed at which it is fired. plus the bullet had to stop in the air for a split second to change its direction to fall straight back down. it would tumble like if u dropped it. it would be like dropping the bullet from 10,000 ft. but if the bullet is fired at an angle it would be deadly. it does not matter if it is a pistol or a rifle i have seen this experiment on the show called myth busters

Answer 4

when you shot a bullet it slows down with the negative "a" i.e.-9.8M/S^2 at a point it stops and with the same acceleration comes back to the earth and when it reaches to the point which it's been shot it has the exact same velocity. This is only 100% if you ignore air friction force but in reality we have it and it decreases the speed of the bullet in both direction so the speed of the bullet will be less than it's initial speed. and about killing someone yes it definitely can kill someone.

Answer 5

No, on the way up, it would have slowed down more and more till stop and fall. But on the way down, it will speed up till it reaches a terminal velocity at 300-400 mph or so. Terminal velocity is...the bullet will be decelerated by air friction till it reaches a constant speed and then it will stay at that speed roughly. No, I wouldn't want to stand under that. Anything going that fast is like a plane crash. Imagine a tiny plane crash on your head. It'll go in for sure. You'll die. Sorry, the others are wrong...they don't know about terminal velocity I think.

Okay, now go out and prove me wrong.

Answer 6

The bullet would get more speed coming down because going up gravity fights against the bullet moving up and then moving down gravity helps pull it down. It would most definitely kill someone if it hits them in the head unless they were lucky enough to have it only graze their skull instead of go straight through. What goes up must come down. That is why it is illegal to shoot guns up in the air and why people die during holidays like the fourth of July and New Years Eve. Its not so hard just simple common sense were gravity is concerned.

Answer 7

By the time it reached the ground, it would be going at the same velocity as when it left the ground (or the level of the gun). This is because on the way up, it DEcelerates at the rate of gravity. On the way down, it ACcelerates at the rate of gravity. So if it is the same rate, and the same lenght of time, that would equal the same speed. (This does not take into account air resistance though, which would slow it down a bit.)

Answer 8

Yeah, everything that goes up must come down. And judging by the very fast speed of the bullet, it will go very high up into the sky. By doing so, it's return speed due to gravity will be about the same.

Answer 9

There is a very tragic story of a Mexican immigrant family that was having a barbecue. One of the natives of Mexico fired a pistol into the air. The bullet came down and killed his cousin while she was being held by Her mother some 40 feet away.
Weapons are not toys. We had people killed in crowds when troops fired in front of them. The bullets bounced up into the crowd. Ever heard of "friendly fire"?
Show discipline when handling a weapon or it may be taken away from you. The other posters comments regarding terminal velocity are correct.

Answer 10

If you shot it up, it would go less further because of gravity and come back down and hit you on the head and kill you. If you shot it down, you'd have to stand on a very high cliff, otherwise the bullet will bounce off the floor and hit you in the balls and even standing on a cliff you have the chance of falling down. My opinion - don't try any at all. You'll end up dying.

Answer 11

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