A hunter fires a bullet from a horizontally-held rifle while simultaneously dropping another bullet from the side of the rifle.The bullet to hit the ground first is
A)the dropped one.
B)the fired one.
C)both hit at the same time

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Both bullets experience the same gravitational pull and start falling towards the ground at the same time. The horizontal velocity of the fired bullet does not affect the time it takes to fall, so both hit the ground simultaneously.

A Hunter Fires a Bullet from a Horizontally-Held Rifle While