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Montblack wrote:
> ("Rich S." wrote)
> >> In your illustration, the gunner fires straight back
> >> before the Me-109 is directly behind the B17. He can hit
> >> if he fires at precisely the moment his gun crosses the
> >> flight path of the Me-109.
>
> > Not so. The bullet simply falls to Earth and the ME-109 passes safely 50
> > yards (or so) behind the B-17.
>
>
> Agreed.
>
> (For those who do not agree)
> Think of a pickup truck driving along at 40 mph. I am standing in the bed
> with a baseball.
>
> When we reach the manhole cover in the middle of the street I let fly out
> the back of the truck with my best stuff, which just happens to be a 40 mph
> fastball <g>. That ball will not go past the manhole cover.
Won't it drop stairght down toward the manhole cover? (Yes it will.)
>
> If you're a batter (or an ME-109) standing at the manhole cover - which
> every kid knows is home plate - you won't get hit by my fastball ...or be
> able to hit it. (I am unhittable!!)
>
Evidently you have seen me at bat. But someone else could hit it.
And if I am running toward the manhole cover at a right angle to
the direction the truck is driving I can catch the ball as I
step accross the manhole cover, right?
(Well, maybe you've seen me field too.)
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FF
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Re: Physics question
