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IceJOKER [234]
3 years ago
5

A hunter points a rifle directly at a coconut that he intends to shoot off a tree. It so happens that the coconut falls from the

tree at the exact instant the hunter pulls the trigger. What happens to the bullet?
Show your motion diagram and complete solution.

Show the solution to prove your answer.

It passes above the coconut

It passes beneath coconut

It hits the coconut
Physics
1 answer:
yan [13]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

It hits the coconut

Explanation:

The coconut fell immediately after the trigger was pulled as a result of the impact made by the bullet on the coconut. The Third Law of  motion states that : For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The action was performed when the bullet struck the coconut, while the coconut reacted by falling of the tree.

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