The car is moving with a constant velocity to the right, and the rifle is pointed straight up. In the absence of air resistance, a bullet fired from the rifle has no acceleration in the horizontal direction. As a result, the bullet would land back in the barrel of the rifle.
Figure 3.11  The car is moving with a constant velocity to the right, and the rifle is pointed straight up. In the absence of air resistance, a bullet fired from the rifle has no acceleration in the horizontal direction. As a result, the bullet would land back in the barrel of the rifle.


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