a quarterback throws a football with angle of elevation 40degrees and speed 60ft/s. Find the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity vector

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Not sure what I need to do from here

anonymous · Answer

use trig.
60 ft/s is hypotenuse
Vh is adjacent side
Vv is opposite side

anonymous · Answer

does that help?

anonymous · Answer

I tried that and I am not getting the correct answer

anonymous · Answer

sin(40) = Vh/60         find Vh
cos(40) = Vv/60         find Vv

anonymous · Answer

yes, I did the first step but forgot to do the Pythagorean theorem. I now have the correct answer. Thank you for your help