lets say there was a bullet shot completely parallel with the ground, and at that same moment the bullet it shot, an identical bullet is dropped from the same height as the shot bullet. My question is will both bullets reach the ground at the same time? Or will the fact that the bullet was shot affect the speed of its fall?
2007-09-25 15:11:51 · 6 answers · asked by master3rer 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Assuming that the bullet that was shot doesn't hit anything, they will hit the ground at the same time. But it's hard to demonstrate because you have to find one of them first. ;-)
2007-09-25 15:17:19 · answer #1 · answered by Scarlet Manuka 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They would both reach the ground at the same time if the bullet that was being dropped... was dropped at the maximum height that the shot bullet reached... because only then would the forces of gravity be acting on them. In this scenario the bullet being dropped will reach the ground before the bullet being shot. The falling speed of the bullet being shot will not be affected because only the force of gravity is acting on it.
2007-09-25 22:23:09 · answer #2 · answered by venney2004 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both bullets will reach the ground at the same time.
Even if we consider the air resistance, the resistances encountered by both are the same and hence the time fall will be the same.
If we consider that the resistance is proportional to some power of the speed of the bullet, even then since the vertical speeds are the same in both cases, the time of fall will be the same provided both have the same initial vertical velocities.
2007-09-25 22:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by Pearlsawme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the answer is yes, both bullets would drop to the ground at the same time. The acceleration due to gravity will have the same effect on both bullets regardless of the X distance each travels.
I was considering if a bullet could create lift as it moved through the air but it is symmetrical so any lift created is offset by downward "lift" of the identical side towards the earth, nope, no change they still hit at the same time.
2007-09-25 22:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by scott h 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well if there is no air resistance they reach same time
devide the motion of shot bullet into x component and y component and then study them you will get that
2007-09-25 22:21:57 · answer #5 · answered by shuaib 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
get a squirt gun and a cup. go outside. Shoot the squirt gun and pour some water at the same time. Which is faster to reach the ground? or are they the same?
Experiments are fun.
2007-09-25 22:19:49 · answer #6 · answered by fishyfish777 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋