Find the vertical and horizontal component ?

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Fty
Aug 30, 2017

See below

Explanation:

When we redraw the triangle we get a right-angled triangle.
This is my drawing
To solve this problem we can use trigonometric function. These are #sin, cos, tan#. For this we only use #sin# and #cos#.

#sin = (O)/(H)#

#cos = A/H#

#O=# opposite
#A=# adjacent
#H=# hypotenuse

#sin 74 = (V_h)/37#

# V_h =37 xx sin74#

#= 35.57# #m##s^-1#

Horizontal component #= 35.57# #m##s^-1#

#cos 74 = (V_v)/37#

#V_v = 37 xx cos74#

#= 10.20# #m##s^-1#

Vertical component #= 10.20# #m##s^-1#

I hope this helps

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