Question

8. A bullet is fired horizontally from a gun. At the same time and from the same height,

a bullet is dropped. If we neglect the effects of air resistance, how will the time the
two bullets spend in the air compare to each other?

a. the bullet that is fired will spend less time in the air, hitting the ground first.

b. there is not enough information to determine this.

c. both bullets will spend the same amount of time in the air, landing at the same time.

d. the bullet that is fired will spend longer in the air, landing later.

Answer 1

C hit the ground at the same time

Step-by-step explanation:

Both bullets have to fall the same VERTICAL distance and are affected by gravity the same way in this regard.