A Spring-Loaded Gun Is Aimed Horizontally and Is Used to Launch

Multiple Choice

A spring-loaded gun is aimed horizontally and is used to launch identical balls with different initial speeds. The gun is at a fixed position above the floor. The balls are fired one at a time. If the speed of the second ball fired is twice the speed of the first ball fired, how is the horizontal range (denoted R in the figure) affected?

A) The range for both balls will be the same.
B) The range of the second ball will be half as much as that of the first ball.
C) The range of the second ball will be twice as large as that of the first ball.
D) The range of the second ball is about 1.4 times larger than that of the first ball.
E) The range of the second ball will be smaller than that of the first ball by a factor of 1.4.