A bomb is dropped by fighter plane flying horizontally. To an observer sitting in the plane, the trajectory of the bomb is a: (a) hyperbola (b) parabola in the direction of motion of plane (c) straight line vertically down the plane (d) parabola in a direction opposite to the motion of plane

Answer: (c). The bomb keeps the plane's horizontal velocity, so relative to the plane its horizontal velocity is zero. Relative to the plane it only falls with acceleration g. So the answer is (c) a straight line vertically down.

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Relative Velocity in Two Dimensions

A bomb is dropped by fighter plane flying horizontally. To an observer sitting in the plane, the trajectory of the bomb is a:

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Answer: (c)

The bomb keeps the plane's horizontal velocity, so relative to the plane its horizontal velocity is zero.
Relative to the plane it only falls with acceleration $g$ .
So the answer is (c) a straight line vertically down.

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