Question

A gun is aimed at a target in line of its barrel. The target is released & allowed to fall under gravity at the same instant the gun is fired. Given sufficient space, the bullets will _____.

• A. pass above the target
• B. pass below the target
• C. hit the target
• D. certainly miss the target

Answer 1

The correct option is C

hit the target

Initially, both have the same vertical initial velocity, i.e. = 0. After time t, bullet would have covered the same vertical distance as covered by the target because for both of them,
u = 0
a = -g
So, given sufficient space, the bullet will hit the target, no matter what's its horizontal velocity may be.