Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 2 - Section 2.5 - Vectors: A Geometric Approach - 2.5 Problem Set - Page 106: 31

Answer

$|\textbf{V}_{x}|=|\textbf{V}_{y}|=850\,ft/s$

Work Step by Step

Magnitude of the horizontal component $|\textbf{V}_{x}|=|\textbf{V}|\cos\theta=1200\,ft/s\times\cos 45^{\circ}=850\,ft/s$ Magnitude of the vertical component $|\textbf{V}_{y}|=|\textbf{V}|\sin\theta=1200\,ft/s\times\sin 45^{\circ}=850\,ft/s$ (Both are equal because $\sin 45^{\circ}=\cos 45^{\circ}$)
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