DR> I don't think a bullet will go high enough to fall far enough to r
 DR> terminal velocity, ,,,,
 JP> Surely, you jest!
DR> No, if there were no factors other than gravity acting on the bullet
DR> it would fall at a rate of the acceleration of gravity, 32
DR> feet/second/second.  If you knew exactly how high the bullet went, you
DR> could calculate the speed easily, it would fall 32 feet the first
DR> second, 32x32 feet the next second, etc.  The difficulty is in the
DR> other forces acting on the bullet, most importantly air friction.
True, in a vacuum.  But in a vacuum there is no terminal velocity.  A 
bullet does go high enough to reach terminal velocity.
Jim Page 
 
AKA Elmer Fudd
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