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. Which bullet hits the ground first?
A)the dropped one
B)the fired one
C)both hit at the same time

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Both bullets will experience the same acceleration due to gravity, so the vertical displacement of both bullets will be the same. However, the fired bullet will also have a horizontal velocity, causing it to travel farther before hitting the ground. Therefore, the dropped bullet will hit the ground first.

A Hunter Aims a Rifle at an Angle of 10°