Why is it that bullets bounce off of Superman but he ducks when the gun is thrown at him?
80309
maybe it hurts when they bounce off of him
790272
Can you fly like Superman or catch bad guys like Batman ?\n\nIf the answer is no then your chances are limited. Sorry.\n\nBut best of luck.
885545
superman and kryptonite
1071544
You also have to remember that Superman also had mental blocks that he developed so he wouldn't create havoc on earth. If you remember his powers are limitless. The mental blocks helped him untill he learned to control that power he blocked.
752440
The force applied to the beast (by the bullet) would have to be calculated by the angle/arc of it's descent, this new force differential may cause a new vector.  ie  If it was falling straight down and you fired straight up...no change.....if it were coming in at 45^ angle down, the bullets force will slow it slightly, and it's arc down will have increased due to the continuing force of gravity...with less momentum.  That is...also only if the head stays attached....if not then...the two bodies must be calculaated by the individual resistance/force of the bullet....    In the end...take one step to the right...after your shot...and watch out for falling bits and pieces.
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"It's Impossible! Lois could never have Superman's baby! Do you think her fallopian tubes could handle the sperm? I grantee you he blows a load like a shotgun right through her back! What about her womb. Do you think it's strong enough to carry his child?" "Sure, why not?" "He's an alien for Christ's sake! His Kryptonian biological makeup is enhanced by Earth's yellow sun. If Lois gets a tan the kid could kick right through her stomach. Only someone like Wonder Woman has a strong enough uterus to carry his kid. The only way he could bang regular chicks is with a kryptonite condom, but that would kill him."-I believe the original conversation between T.S. and Brodie should answer your question.
660421
I think he said guns. Lowell from Wings does not need two gods. He is a simple fella.
486904
If you mean a gun then the recoil is due to the rapidly expanding gasses that propel the projectile forward.  this obeys newtons first law for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.  Because the gas expands in all directions it exerts a force on the gun and the bullet equally the bullet moves because te force acting on it is greater than the force needed to move the bullet. the gun doesn't move as much because the force required to move it is greater.
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No, it falls back down at its terminal velocity(maybe), which is slower than the muzzle velocity because of drag.\n\nThe bullet leaves the gun with a given amount of kinetic energy: 1/2*m*v^2 where m is the mass of the bullet and v is its initial velocity.\n\nAir has non-zero viscosity, which is a resistance to shear forces.  When the bullet flies through the air, it drags air along with it.  This gives some of the bullet's energy surrounding air, reducing the bullet's velocity and kinitic energy.  Drag forces between fluids and solids occur in the direction opposite their relative motion.  (If the fluid is stationary and the bullet is moving, the drag is in the opposite direction of the bullet's motion.  If the fluid is moving and the object is stationary, the drag on the solid is in the direction of the fluid motion.)\n\nSimultaneously with drag, gravity is applying a force toward earth.  This too reduces the bullet's velocity and kinetic energy.  However, as the bullet flies higher into the air it gains an equal amount of potential energy from gravity.\n\nThe net result is that the bullet is always losing energy in flight because of drag.  This means that the amount of potential energy at the top is less than the initial kinetic energy, and it is thus impossible for the bullet to be going at the same speed it was shot when it hits the ground.\n\nThe fastest an object will fall under the influence of gravity is the terminal velocity.  At this velocity, the force of drag (which increases with the size of the object's profile, the viscosity and density of the fluid, and the relative velocity of the solid and the fluid) exactly balances the gravitational force.
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This is directly from Wikipedia, as my words would not do Superman's strength justice.\n\n"Super strength: While the exact magnitude of Superman's strength is unknown, it is generally accepted that his strength easily surpasses the capacity to lift 100 tons, but how much more is not known exactly. This is because Superman's strength, like his other powers, has fluctuated over time, with the Man of Steel being at times able to shift a planet from its orbit. One figure for Superman's strength is 800,000 tons (pre-The Death of Superman story arc). In the Elseworlds saga Kingdom Come, the elderly but still brilliant Bruce Wayne makes reference to Superman being able to "split the Earth in two." As mentioned above Superman can possess enough strength to move an entire planet upon attaining enough solar energy from Earth's yellow sun. The newly released series All Star Superman, written by Grant Morrison, has Superman's strength being tested by scientists on a lunar lab after flying through the Sun's corona. The scientist's found that he was able to resist weights up to 200 quintillion tons , tripling his strength from an earlier point and hadn't yet reached an upper limit. However, it was revealed that Superman had stored too much raw solar energy, so much so that it was causing cell death at a rapid rate. Although the All Star imprint may not be strictly canonical, this firmly places him at the top of superhero power levels in virtually any comic book universe."
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Maybe not mathamatics directly but it has a lot to do with Physics. The gravitational pull of the ground, the velocity with which the arrow is let go. Also a little bit of elevated angel to try and hit the target.
1099790
It was an accident...or foul play it was never determined.  They were doing a stunt with guns and they though they were unloaded, no bullets were ever added and the other actor pulled the trigger and instead of nothing (like what was supposed to happen) a bullet hit Brandon and he died.  I believe he was killed instantly.
903139
A bullet of course.  A gun uses a small amount of kinetic energy for the trigger hammer to strike the expolsive cap in the shell but thereafter the explosive force is sent into the bullet, with and equal opposite reaction energy dissipated by providing recoil which the gun uses (if automatic) to load the next shell.\n\nI assume the trick in the question is to ignore the equal and opposite reaction rule but not all of the force thus generated is in the form of kinetic energy which relates to bodies in motion.
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Gravity only "slows" the bullet during 1/2 of its total trip, during the other half, gravity accelerates the bullet.\n\nAs the bullet rises into the air its velocity is continually decreasing as the force of its own weight (force due to gravity) as well as the force of air resistance, act to accelerate it downward.  At some point the bullet will come to a stop and then begin falling.  Afterward, gravity acts to increase the bullet's speed while the air resistance works in the opposite direction.  The magnitude of the force of air resistance depends on the speed of the bullet (the faster it does, the harder the air pushes back on it).  Eventually, the bullet will reach what is known as the "terminal velocity", where the force of gravity equals the force of air resistance, and the bullet stops accelerating (net force = 0).\nThe terminal velocity for an object depends on several factors including the object's mass and shape, as well as the density of the fluid it is moving through.  The terminal velocity for a bullet is lower than the speed at which it comes out of the gun in most cases, so the bullet will never be traveling as fast as it was while leaving the barrel when it hits the ground...but still, I would still not want it to hit me.
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Due to law of conservation of energy. The kinetic energy it gains during falling is restored in the rubber at the time of collision while in other balls it is lost in sound & heat. So the crazy ball bounce much more than other balls.
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In the Superman (1996) cartoon starring Mr. Mxyzptlk, we see Clark shaving in the mirror using his heat vision to burn off his whiskers, so we can assume he does the same sort of thing to his hair. (In the old stories, the writers simply wrote it off as "Superman is an alien, therefore his hair doesn't grow"). \n\nThere's an old Superboy story (from the 1960s) where the town barber is confident he knows Superboy's secret identity because Clark is the only kid in town who doesn't come in for a haircut (yeah, like he's the ONLY kid in a farm town who doesn't cut haircuts from mom at home). Anyway, that story est. that his hair is too hard to cut with scissors, and Clark fooled the barber by wearing a bald cap and wig when he saw down in the chair (this making the barber think Clark's reason was because he lost his hair to a childhood disease). Totally goofy, but a lot of fun to read. If you want the issue number, I can try and dig it up. \n\nHope this helps, \nMeesh
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You put a bullet in a gun and set it on a table and leave it. I will guarantee that gun will never kill no one. You put that same gun in the wrong person's hands and it will kill someone. So therefore it must have something to do with the person.