Recent content by pst535

I don't really know what I was implying. I think I just don't get it. And also, doesn't the bullet shot out of the rifle have a higher initial velocity, or something? Wouldn't that increase the time it takes for the bullet out of the rifle to hit the ground?

Homework Statement At the instant a horizontally held rifle is fired over a level range, a bullet held at the side of the rifle is released and drops to the ground. Which bullet, the one fired downrange or the one dropped from rest, strikes the ground first? Homework Equations None The...