Answer to Question #6582 in Mechanics | Relativity for Anonymous

Question

A bullet is shot from a rifle aimed horizontally at the same time a bullet is dropped from the same height as the gun's barrel. Which bullet hits the ground first?

Answer 1

They will hit the ground at the same time because both projectiles have the same vertical acceleration& caused by gravity force and zero initial vertical velocity therefore time passed before they hit the ground will be the same.