College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 5, Problem 44P
|| A bullet is fired horizontally from a high-powered rifile if air drag is taken into account is the magnitude of the bullet’s acceleration after leaving the barrel greater than or less than g? Explain
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