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Does an arrow fly straight, and is the myth of Odysseus shooting an arrow through the rings of 12 axes believable or not?

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

No...an arrow flight is parabolic basically....curved.

I do not know the size of the rings of the axes OR the distance between them OR whether the were in a perfect flat line or a acurved line OR the speed of the arrow (which is related to the weight of the arrow and the strength of the bow/archer) . It seems POSSIBLE, but unlikely

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