\"A reckless drunk is playing with a gun in an airplane that is going directly e

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"A reckless drunk is playing with a gun in an airplane that is going directly east at 500 km/h. The drunk shoots the gun straight up at the ceiling of the plane. The bullet leaves the gun at a speed of 1000 km/h. According to someone standing on the Earth, what angle does the bullet make with the vertical?"

I've searched for the answer and learnt that it was 26.56 degrees. The thing is, I did not understand why I keep getting 63.43 degrees as an answer in my calculations. Can you give a simple explanation?

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a reckless drunk is playing with a gun on an airplane that is goingdirectly east at 500km/hr. the drunk shoots the gun straightup at the ceiling of the plane. the bullet leaves the gun ata speed of 1000km/hr. according to someone standing on theearth, what angle does the bullet make with the vertical? tan?=500/1000=>?=26.56degree

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