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Trip · 10-16-2012, 11:58 AM

Here is a great example to try out that I learned in high school physics.

Imagine a monkey hanging from a branch. You are hunting that monkey. You know as soon as you shoot, that monkey is going to let go of that branch. So where do you shoot?

You shoot at the monkey. Both the monkey and the bullet will be pulled towards earth at the same rate of acceleration due to gravity.

Our teacher had a little contraption that fired a nerf bullet at a stuffed monkey to prove it.

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10-16-2012, 11:58 AM	#10
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	Here is a great example to try out that I learned in high school physics. Imagine a monkey hanging from a branch. You are hunting that monkey. You know as soon as you shoot, that monkey is going to let go of that branch. So where do you shoot? You shoot at the monkey. Both the monkey and the bullet will be pulled towards earth at the same rate of acceleration due to gravity. Our teacher had a little contraption that fired a nerf bullet at a stuffed monkey to prove it.