a boy on a small hill aims his water ballon slingshot horizontally straight horizontally at a second boy hanging from a branch of a tree at a distance of d away . at the instant ballon is released the second boy let go and fall off froom tree to aviod eing hit will his plan work? why or why not?

Answer 1

If the dropping boy is far enough away that the balloon cannot reach him, he won't be hit.

Otherwise, since he falls at the same rate as the balloon, he will be hit as he drops.