Bull's-eye Bob at a hunting range fires his rifle at a target 200 meters downrange. The bullet

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Bull's-eye Bob at a hunting range fires his rifle at a target 200 meters downrange. The bullet moves horizontally from the rifle barrel with a speed of 400 m/s.
(a) How far does the bullet drop from a straight-line horizontal path by the time it reaches the target?
(b) To hit a bull's-eye why does Bob adjust his gunsight so the barrel points a bit upward when he aims at the target?
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Conceptual Physics

ISBN: 978-0321909107

12th edition

Authors: Paul G. Hewitt

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