Question

A bullet is fired horizontally at a height of 1.3 meters and a velocity of 950 m/s. How long was the bullet in the air?

Answer 1

Answer:

The bullet was 0.52 seconds in the air.

Explanation:

Horizontal Motion

It occurs when an object is thrown horizontally with a speed v from a height h.

The object describes a curved path ruled exclusively by gravity until it hits the ground.

To calculate the time the object takes to hit the ground, we use the following equation:

$\displaystyle t=\sqrt{\frac{2y}{g}}$

Note it doesn't depend on the initial velocity but on the height.

The bullet is fired horizontally at h=1.3 m, thus:

$\displaystyle t=\sqrt{\frac{2\cdot 1.3}{9.8}}$

$\displaystyle t=\sqrt{\frac{2.6}{9.8}}$

t = 0.52 s

The bullet was 0.52 seconds in the air.