Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321671775
ISBN 13: 978-0-32167-177-6

Chapter 7 - Review Exercises - Page 345: 39

Answer

$869,418$

Work Step by Step

Converting angle to decimal degrees: $154^{\circ}20'=154\frac{20}{60}=154.33^{\circ}$ The formulas for horizontal component $x$ and vertical component $y$ of a vector $\textbf{v}$ having magnitude $|\textbf{v}|$ and direction angle $\theta$ are: $x=|\textbf{v}|\cos\theta$ and $y=|\textbf{v}|\sin\theta$ Substituting the values of $|\textbf{v}|=964$ and $\theta=154.33^{\circ}$ in the formulas above, $x=964\cos154.33^{\circ}\approx-869$ $y=964\sin154.33^{\circ}\approx418$ Therefore, $|\textbf{v}|=\langle -869,418 \rangle$ Since the question requires magnitudes of horizontal and vertical components, the magnitude of horizontal component is $869$ and the magnitude of vertical component is $418$.
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