How do you determine the velocity of a shot object?

Subject: How do you determine the velocity of a shot object?

Date: Fri May 14 08:39:46 2004
Posted by Marc
Grade level: 10-12 School: Carlisle High School
City: Carlisle State/Province: PA Country: 17013
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1084541986.Ph

Message:


Me and my friend were shoting clay birds(using 7.5 shot) one day in a field 
about 225 yards long. I wanted to know if those shotgun pellets could do any 
damage at that distance. I already looked up the terminal velocity of a pellet, 
and it said it would be 51 mph, but what if you weren't shooting straight up 
into the air? Would it the terminal velocity still be 51 mph or would it slow 
down by a lot?

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