Speed of a Declining Bullet Fired from a Pistol: Calculating Ratio

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what would be the speed of a bullet on decline fired from a pistol. firing angel is 45Deg. What would be the speed of bullet when it reaches 4 feet above from ground during its decline, i just need ratio of firing speed and speed before droping to ground.
 
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autopower99 said:
what would be the speed of a bullet on decline fired from a pistol. firing angel is 45Deg. What would be the speed of bullet when it reaches 4 feet above from ground during its decline, i just need ratio of firing speed and speed before droping to ground.

Hi autopower99! Welcome to PF! :smile:

(I assume we're ignoring air resistance?)

The angle doesn't matter.

Just use conservation of energy … KE - mgh = constant. :smile: