Question

A ranger needs to capture a monkey hanging on a tree branch. The ranger aims his dart gun directly at the monkey and fires the tranquilizer dart. However, the monkey lets go of the branch at exactly the same time as the ranger fires the dart. Will the monkey get hit or will it avoid the dart?

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes the monkey will get hit and it will not avoid the dart.

Explanation:

Yes, the monkey will be hit anyway because the dart will follow a hyperbolic path and and will thus fall below the branches, so if the monkey jumps it will be hit.

No, the monkey will not avoid the dart because dart velocity doesn't matter. The speed of the bullet doesn’t even matter in this case because a faster bullet will hit the monkey at a higher height and while a slower bullet will simply hit the monkey closer to the ground.