Neglect air resistance in this question. If you drop a ball from a height of 4.9 m, it will hit the ground 1 s later. If you fire a bullet exactly horizontally from a height of 4.9 m, it will also hit the ground 1 s later. Explain. a. Neglect air resistance in this question. If you drop on b. Gravity acts only in the vertical direction. c. This is not true. The dropped ball will hit the ground first. d. The earth's curvature beneath the bullet compensates for its slower time of fall. e. This is not true. The bullet will hit the ground first.