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How long would it take for a bullet shot in the air to fall down?
between 20 and 90 seconds
When you fire a bullet into the air, it typically takes between 20 and 90 seconds for it to come down, depending on the angle it was fired at, its muzzle velocity and its caliber.
What happens when you fire a bullet into the air?
If you fire a gun into the air, the bullet will travel up to a mile high (depending on the angle of the shot and the power of the gun). Once it reaches its apogee, the bullet will fall. In crowded cities, however, the probability rises dramatically, and people get killed quite often by stray bullets.
Can a bullet be fired in space?
Fires can’t burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns can shoot. Modern ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical that will trigger the explosion of gunpowder, and thus the firing of a bullet, wherever you are in the universe. No atmospheric oxygen required.
Can you shoot through water?
Typical bullets can travel just a few feet through the water before they’re slowed to a stop. CAV-X bullets can reportedly travel 60 meters underwater, and can go through 2 centimeters of steel fired from 17 meters away, indicating that it could even be used to penetrate submarines.
Does a shot bullet and a dropped bullet hit the ground at the same time?
There you have it. The y-component of air resistance for the fired bullet still depends on the fired speed of the bullet (since it is proportional to v2). A fired bullet (with air resistance) does not hit the ground at the same time as a dropped bullet.
Can air stop bullets?
All objects feel air resistance. In this case, the bullet reaches its target and stops so quickly that there is not enough time for air resistance to have much of an effect on it. However, if you shoot a bullet straight up, it will take quite a long time for it to fall again.