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A train is traveling at the speed of a bullet.
A man, stood on top of the train, fire's a gun in the direction from which the train has come from. (facing rearward)
He pulls the trigger the instant the train passes station 'A'.
The velocity of the bullet relative to the ground is 0
To an observer standing on the platform (mind you, in a perfect vacuum) the bullet would drop.
In our imperfect world, the bullet would drop about 2/3 of the way and then follow the train in a hyperbolic curve.
would someone mind plotting curve ?. I am a simple web developer and this has got me curious as it was a question posted on my own forum... thanks
A man, stood on top of the train, fire's a gun in the direction from which the train has come from. (facing rearward)
He pulls the trigger the instant the train passes station 'A'.
The velocity of the bullet relative to the ground is 0
To an observer standing on the platform (mind you, in a perfect vacuum) the bullet would drop.
In our imperfect world, the bullet would drop about 2/3 of the way and then follow the train in a hyperbolic curve.
would someone mind plotting curve ?. I am a simple web developer and this has got me curious as it was a question posted on my own forum... thanks
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