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A bullet is fired straight up with initial speed . Assuming g is constant and ignoring air...

A bullet is fired straight up with initial speed . Assuming g is constant and ignoring air resistance, show that the bullet will hit the ground west of the initial point of upward motion by an amount , where λ is the latitude and ω is Earth’s angular velocity.

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