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If you fire a gun horizontally, and at the same time drop a bullet/slug from the same height, what will happen?

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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.

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