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The Monkey Tail Hunter (Posted on 2004-05-28) Difficulty: 2 of 5
You are standing a far ways away from the base of a tree from which a monkey is hanging on a branch exactly 5 meters above the ground.

This monkey has psychic relaxation syndrome, which means that as soon as the gun goes off, he will let go of the tree branch without realizing it and fall down.

The problem with this is the monkey will fall, and not be where it was before you shot the gun, so it will be in another spot when the bullet is next to the tree. How far below the spot where the monkey's tail is before the shot is fired should you aim so the monkey's tail will be hit regardless of its "letting go" of the tree branch?

(Assume there is zero air resistance.)

See The Solution Submitted by Gamer    
Rating: 3.0000 (4 votes)

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Aim straight at the monkey's tail because, since gravity is a constant, the monkey and the bullet will fall at the same rate.  Regardless of how far you are from the monkey you will hit the monkey's tail (assuming you're not so far away that the bullet will hit the ground before reaching the monkey). 
  Posted by Sing4TheDay on 2004-05-28 10:47:18
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