Question

A rifle fires horizontally at a target. The bullseye is at the same height as the rifle. The bullseye is 34.0m from the end of the rifle. The bullet hits 8.20 cm below the bullseye. What is the speed of the bullet?

Answer 1

The total time taken by the bullet to fall a distance of 8.2 cm can be calculated using the following equation

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Putting the values in SI units

This is the time of flight.

Total horizontal distance covered by the bullet is 34 m.

So, the speed of the bullet is