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shit is linear, yo (i.imgur.com)
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[–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago (4 children)

The path of a bullet is parabolic. You ain't hitting shit with that math, yo.

[–] Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 44 points 7 months ago

At that range, using a linear estimation is fine I assure you

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 9 points 7 months ago

Both linear linear and parabolic descriptions of a bullet trajectory are approximations of a drag curve, that can be obtained only numerically.

[–] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

On short distance you do

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago

That's just what they want you to think