We're having a 'discussion' here, nothing to do with Remedy but we need it settling.

If you fire a bullet horizontally out of a gun and at the instant it leaves the barrel of the gun you drop another bullet from the same height will they both touch the ground at teh same time, assuming that the ground is level.

In practice there would be small differences due aerodynamic effects and possibly due to the curvature of the Earth. The faster the bullet (and therefore the further it would travel), then the more the curvature of the Earth would matter. I don't think aerodynamic effects would be important, but I don't really know.

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David Adams
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Southampton University


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Dear Listers,

We're having a 'discussion' here, nothing to do with Remedy but we need it settling.

If you fire a bullet horizontally out of a gun and at the instant it leaves the barrel of the gun you drop another bullet from the same height will they both touch the ground at teh same time, assuming that the ground is level.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ilya [mailto:ilyaromaine@YAHOO.CO.UK]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:14 AM
To: ARSLIST@LISTSERV.VISTAIT.COM
Subject: Physics


Dear Listers,

We're having a 'discussion' here, nothing to do with Remedy but we need it settling.

If you fire a bullet horizontally out of a gun and at the instant it leaves the barrel of the gun you drop another bullet from the same height will they both touch the ground at teh same time, assuming that the ground is level.

Get out while you are still alive!

--
David Adams
Computing Services
Southampton University


----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremy Graham
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Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: Physics

Not if you shot the bullet horizontally towards the sky :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Ilya [mailto:ilyaromaine@YAHOO.CO.UK]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:14 AM
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Dear Listers,

We're having a 'discussion' here, nothing to do with Remedy but we need it settling.

If you fire a bullet horizontally out of a gun and at the instant it leaves the barrel of the gun you drop another bullet from the same height will they both touch the ground at teh same time, assuming that the ground is level.

Dan Wangler,
IT Security Engineering and Development
IT Security Team, Global User and Site Services
Texas Instruments, Inc.
6500 Chase Oaks Blvd., MS 8401
Plano, Texas, 75025
Phone: 972-927-8304; Email: dwangler@ti.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Ilya [mailto:ilyaromaine@YAHOO.CO.UK]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:14 AM
To: a0104396@dlemail.itg.ti.com
Subject: Physics


Dear Listers,

We're having a 'discussion' here, nothing to do with Remedy but we need it settling.

If you fire a bullet horizontally out of a gun and at the instant it leaves the barrel of the gun you drop another bullet from the same height will they both touch the ground at teh same time, assuming that the ground is level.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Adams [mailto:D.J.Adams@SOTON.AC.UK]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 7:00 AM
To: ARSLIST@LISTSERV.VISTAIT.COM
Subject: Re: Physics


I see you are with the US military Jermey. Do they often fire straight up when ordered to fire "horizontally"?

Get out while you are still alive!

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David Adams
Computing Services
Southampton University


----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremy Graham
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Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: Physics

Not if you shot the bullet horizontally towards the sky :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Ilya [mailto:ilyaromaine@YAHOO.CO.UK]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:14 AM
To: ARSLIST@LISTSERV.VISTAIT.COM
Subject: Physics


Dear Listers,

We're having a 'discussion' here, nothing to do with Remedy but we need it settling.

If you fire a bullet horizontally out of a gun and at the instant it leaves the barrel of the gun you drop another bullet from the same height will they both touch the ground at teh same time, assuming that the ground is level.

Definitely yes,

Since this is a physics question, you have to look at the forces on each bullet. Assuming that atmospheric effects are negligible, then the only vertical force acting on both bullets are gravity. Therefore, both should be forced down at the rate of 9.8m/s^2.

Randy
Predictive Systems






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Yes


Dan Wangler,
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Texas Instruments, Inc.
6500 Chase Oaks Blvd., MS 8401
Plano, Texas, 75025
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ilya [mailto:ilyaromaine@YAHOO.CO.UK]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:14 AM
To: a0104396@dlemail.itg.ti.com
Subject: Physics

Dear Listers,

We're having a 'discussion' here, nothing to do with Remedy but we need it settling.

If you fire a bullet horizontally out of a gun and at the instant it leaves the barrel of the gun you drop another bullet from the same height will they both touch the ground at teh same time, assuming that the ground is level.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 6:14 AM
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Subject: Physics


Dear Listers,

We're having a 'discussion' here, nothing to do with Remedy but we need it settling.

If you fire a bullet horizontally out of a gun and at the instant it leaves the barrel of the gun you drop another bullet from the same height will they both touch the ground at teh same time, assuming that the ground is level.

hmmm... isn't this a question where
the correct answer is: 42 ? ;-))

Best Regards
Ruediger

"Ilya" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:<9A0D3C1DFCBFD111AC3700A0C9899964084A53@gandalf.cogniza.com>...
Dear Listers,

We're having a 'discussion' here, nothing to do with Remedy but we need
it settling.

If you fire a bullet horizontally out of a gun and at the instant it
leaves the barrel of the gun you drop another bullet from the same
height will they both touch the ground at teh same time, assuming that
the ground is level.

----------

Also, many bullets, fired horizontally, actually rise a few inches over the first few hundred feet before beginning their descent. Could that make some difference?

Rick Cook
Remedy Consultant and Physics major wanna-be
Herrick Douglass Technology Development

----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Kual
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Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: Physics


Definitely yes,

Since this is a physics question, you have to look at the forces on each bullet. Assuming that atmospheric effects are negligible, then the only vertical force acting on both bullets are gravity. Therefore, both should be forced down at the rate of 9.8m/s^2.

Randy
Predictive Systems






Dan Wangler < dwangler@TI.COM>
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Yes


Dan Wangler,
IT Security Engineering and Development
IT Security Team, Global User and Site Services
Texas Instruments, Inc.
6500 Chase Oaks Blvd., MS 8401
Plano, Texas, 75025
Phone: 972-927-8304; Email: dwangler@ti.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Ilya [mailto:ilyaromaine@YAHOO.CO.UK]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:14 AM
To: a0104396@dlemail.itg.ti.com
Subject: Physics

Dear Listers,

We're having a 'discussion' here, nothing to do with Remedy but we need it settling.

If you fire a bullet horizontally out of a gun and at the instant it leaves the barrel of the gun you drop another bullet from the same height will they both touch the ground at teh same time, assuming that the ground is level.