%0 Journal Article
%T Going Ballistic: Bullet Trajectories
%A Amanda Wade
%J Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling : One + Two
%D 2011
%I University of South Florida
%R 10.5038/2326-3652.4.1.5
%X This project seeks to answer at what angle does a gun marksman have to aim in order to hit the center of a target one meter off the ground and 1000 meters away? We begin by modeling the bullet's trajectory using Euler's method with the help of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet solver, and then systematically search for the angle corresponding to the center of the target. It was found that a marksman shooting a target 1000 meters away and 1 meter off the ground has to aim the rifle 0.436¡ã above horizontal to hit the center.
%K Euler¡¯s Method
%K Velocity
%K Projectile Motion
%U http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol4/iss1/5