A hunter aims a rifle at an angle of 10° above the horizontal.The hunter fires a bullet while simultaneously dropping another bullet from the side of the rifle.The bullet to hit the ground first is
A)the dropped one.
B)the fired one.
C)both hit at the same time

Question

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The bullet fired from the rifle will have an initial velocity in the horizontal direction due to the angle of 10° above the horizontal. This horizontal component of the velocity will keep the bullet in the air for longer and it will take more time to hit the ground compared to the dropped bullet which has no initial velocity in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the dropped bullet will hit the ground first.

A Hunter Aims a Rifle at an Angle of 10°