A ball is thrown with an initial velocity of 80 feet per second at an angle of 40 degrees with the horizontal. Find the vertical and horizontal components.

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amistre64 · Answer

the vert and horiz are just the component parts of the "right triangle" sides that are scaled to a hypot of 80

amistre64 · Answer

sin(40) = the up of a unit circle
cos(40) = the horiz of a unit

scale them by 80

akshay_budhkar · Answer

80 cos40 is horizontal and 80 sin40 is vertical component
by the right angled triangle method

anonymous · Answer

when you say scale them by 80 you mean?...

amistre64 · Answer

multiply them by 80

anonymous · Answer

oh ok

anonymous · Answer

thanks man

amistre64 · Answer

the radius (or hypotenus) of a unit circle is 1; in this case we need it to be 80