Question

A bullet is dropped into a river from a very high bridge. At the same time, another bullet is fired from a gun straight down towards the water. If air resistance is negligible, the acceleration of the bullets just before they strike the water:
(A) is greater for the dropped bullet
(B) is greater for the fired bullet
(C) is the same for both bullets
(D) depends on how high they started

Answer 1

Answer:

Option (c)

Explanation:

Both the bullets have same acceleration because they both falls under the influence of acceleration due to gravity.

The bullet which is fired from the gun has some initial velocity but the bullet which is dropped has zero initial velocity.

the acceleration is acting on both the bullets which is equal to the acceleration due to gravity and they both in motion in the influence of gravity.