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... "Well," the parent charged, "my son had an assignment recently where YOU
were teaching that a bullet FIRED from a level gun and a bullet DROPPED from
the gun when the shot was fired will both hit the ground at the SAME TIME!"
"It is not I who teaches that," the teacher responded. "The laws of
physics teach you that."
"That's LUDICROUS!" said the parent. "ANY fool can see that the forward
momentum of the SHOT bullet will make it spend LONGER in the air that the
DROPPED bullet!"
"I can prove it to you mathematically if you wish," replied the teacher,
"but they will, in fact, hit the ground at the same time."