A bullet fired horizontally hits the ground in 0.5 s. If it had been fired with twice the speed in the same direction, it would have hit the ground in
A)less than 0.5 s.
B)more than 0.5 s.
C)0)5 s.

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The time it takes for a bullet to hit the ground depends only on its initial vertical velocity and the acceleration due to gravity, both of which are unchanged regardless of the horizontal velocity. Therefore, doubling the horizontal speed does not affect the time to hit the ground.

A Bullet Fired Horizontally Hits the Ground in 0