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Posted by katelyn on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 10:36pm.

A hunter aims horizontally at a target 120 m away. If the bullet leaves the gun at a speed of 250 m/s, by how much will it miss the target?

physics - drwls, Monday, October 11, 2010 at 12:53am
The bullet drops by an amount (1/2)g t^2 below the target. t is the time of flight, 120m/250 m/s = 0.48 s

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