Question
The fastest bird is the spine-tailed swift, which reaches speeds of 171 km/h. Suppose that you wish to shoot such a bird with a 22-caliber rifle that fires a bullet with a speed of 366 m/s. If you fire at the instant when the bird is 30 m directly overhead, how many meters ahead of the bird must you aim the rifle? Ignore gravity in this problem.
Answers
Damon
How long does it take bullet to go 30 meters? Call that t
Then how far does the bird fly in time t?
Then how far does the bird fly in time t?