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To: lifeisgood who wrote (26003)	12/29/2002 8:52:44 PM
From: George Coyne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62569

Bullet fired horizontally travels much shorter distance than one fired at 45 % angle.

To: lifeisgood who wrote (26003)	12/29/2002 8:56:27 PM
From: Tony McFadden	Respond to of 62569

life is good, you may want to reconsider math riddles on this board until you do a bit more studying... If I throw a ball horizontally at you, and you tip it with the bat to increase the angle of flight (as long as it's no more than 45 degrees) without robbing the ball of any significant momentum, it WILL travel farther (barring any obstructions) Simple kinetics. First year engineering school... Must go to the pool with the kids. Let's continue this later

To: lifeisgood who wrote (26003)	12/29/2002 9:11:43 PM
From: 24601	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62569

Imagine that I'm standing on the Bonneville salt flats: perfectly flat, no obstructions. If I shoot a bullet from a gun horizontally while simultaneously dropping an identical bullet vertically from the same height as the muzzle of the gun -- assuming for the sake of discussion that the bullet enjoys negligible aerodynamic lift -- the two bullets will strike the ground at the same time. But if something deflects the fired bullet upward without robbing it of too much velocity, it will be aloft longer, and its "hang time" is the single most important determinant of its distance traveled. That's why artillery is pointed above the horizon. So, of course a foul tip can send a pitch farther than it might go untouched.