A hunter aims a rifle at an angle of 10° below the horizontal. The hunter fires a bullet while simultaneously dropping another bullet from the level of the rifle. Which bullet will hit the ground first?
A)the dropped one
B)the fired one
C)Both will hit at the same time.

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The fired bullet has an initial downward velocity component due to the angle, causing it to hit the ground before the dropped bullet, which only has gravitational acceleration acting on it.

A Hunter Aims a Rifle at an Angle of 10°