A bullet is fired horizontally from a handgun at a target 100.0 m away. If the initial speed of the bullet as it leaves the gun is 300.0 m/s, how far vertically will the bullet have dropped by the time it hits the target? Ignore the effects of air resistance.

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Kai Mueller

Physics

14 February, 17:13

A bullet is fired horizontally from a handgun at a target 100.0 m away. If the initial speed of the bullet as it leaves the gun is 300.0 m/s, how far vertically will the bullet have dropped by the time it hits the target? Ignore the effects of air resistance.

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Anne Gill · Answer 1

The bullet will have been dropped vertically h = 0.54 meters by the time it hits the target.

Explanation:

d = 100m

V = 300 m/s

g = 9.8 m/s²

d = V*t

t = d/V

t = 0.33 s

h = g*t²/2

h=0.54 m