Question

A cheetah is running at a speed of 20.4 m/s in a direction of 60° north of west. Find the components of the cheetah's velocity along the following directions.

Answer 1

Srry I don't know this...
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Answer 2

It's okay... do you know anybody who might? :(

Answer 3

@perl

Answer 4

you can use trigonometry

Answer 5

@PRAETORIAN.10

Answer 6

x = r*cos(theta)
y = r sin(theta)

Answer 7

So for each direction I use 60 degrees and 120 degrees?

Answer 8

we measure angles counterclockwise from the x axis

Answer 9

in trig

Answer 10

I changed the angle given in the problem to the conventional* angle we use in trigonometry

Answer 11

So theta would be 120?