17. A ranger needs to capture a monkey hanging on a tree branch. The ranger aims his dart gun directly at the monkey and fires the tranquilizer dart. However, the monkey lets go of the branch at exactly the same time as the ranger fires the dart. Will the monkey get hit or will it avoid the dart?

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Brittany Brennan

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20 June, 00:34

17. A ranger needs to capture a monkey hanging on a tree branch. The ranger aims his dart gun directly at the monkey and fires the tranquilizer dart. However, the monkey lets go of the branch at exactly the same time as the ranger fires the dart. Will the monkey get hit or will it avoid the dart?

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Stella · Answer 1

The monkey will get hit by the dart. This is because when the dart is fired the force of gravity makes it fall from its original position. The monkey also has the same fall from the branches which means they will both be falling at the same gravitational rate.

This will eventually make the monkey to get hit by the dart.