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Here's the problem:
2 Battleships are traveling at the same speed and at the same direction. They both have the same range, i.e. they can both only fire a maximum distance which is the same for both of them.
BB1 is in front of BB2, who is pursuing BB1.
They are out of range.
My opponents in the discussion think that BB1 will be able to fire backwards at a point where BB2 would have sailed into by the time the shell lands. They also think that BB2 won't be able to hit BB1 because it's moving away from it.
I think, that out of range means out of range.
I think that if BB2 was to sail into the path of BB1's shells, as they describe, then that means that it is in range. However that also means that BB2 will be able to hit BB1.
I'm making the point that, if 1.6 nautical miles is the BB's range, then the shell will land 1.6 away from the ship, not 1.6 away from the point at which it was fired. I've explained to them the fact that the shell is traveling forwards slowly to begin with so won't fire as far, however the distance that it fires less by is the same distance the Battleship travels by the time the shell lands, hence it lands at its maximum range from the battleship's perspective, not from the perspective of someone viewing from an island base on Tulagi.
One of them thinks that a bullet fired vertically upwards from a moving car will land near the point at which it was fired.
I've tried to explain to them that if horizontally velocity is magically nullified the moment something leaves the moving object it is attached to, then jumping in the air would be suicide, however they seem to ignore everything I've written.
The only way I can convince them I'm right is if some physics enthusiasts agree with me...provided I AM right of course!
Thank you
2 Battleships are traveling at the same speed and at the same direction. They both have the same range, i.e. they can both only fire a maximum distance which is the same for both of them.
BB1 is in front of BB2, who is pursuing BB1.
They are out of range.
My opponents in the discussion think that BB1 will be able to fire backwards at a point where BB2 would have sailed into by the time the shell lands. They also think that BB2 won't be able to hit BB1 because it's moving away from it.
I think, that out of range means out of range.
I think that if BB2 was to sail into the path of BB1's shells, as they describe, then that means that it is in range. However that also means that BB2 will be able to hit BB1.
I'm making the point that, if 1.6 nautical miles is the BB's range, then the shell will land 1.6 away from the ship, not 1.6 away from the point at which it was fired. I've explained to them the fact that the shell is traveling forwards slowly to begin with so won't fire as far, however the distance that it fires less by is the same distance the Battleship travels by the time the shell lands, hence it lands at its maximum range from the battleship's perspective, not from the perspective of someone viewing from an island base on Tulagi.
One of them thinks that a bullet fired vertically upwards from a moving car will land near the point at which it was fired.
I've tried to explain to them that if horizontally velocity is magically nullified the moment something leaves the moving object it is attached to, then jumping in the air would be suicide, however they seem to ignore everything I've written.
The only way I can convince them I'm right is if some physics enthusiasts agree with me...provided I AM right of course!
Thank you