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A force of 60 lbs make an angle of 45° with the horizontal. Find its vertical and horizontal components. Draw the figure.
In a two dimensional coordinate system, any vector can be broken into x-component and y-component.
For example, a vector can broken into two components and . Let the angle between the vector and the x-component be .
The trigonometric ratios give the relation between the magnitude of the vector and the components of the vector.
Here and
The vertical component,
=42.43 N
The horizontal component,
= 42.43 N