How do i find the horizontal component of a vector?

1 Answer
Trevor Ryan.
Sep 24, 2015

A_x=|vecA|costheta * hat i

Explanation:

Any vector vecA of magnitude |vecA| and acting at an angle theta to the horizontal or the positive x-axis, has a horizontal component given by
A_x=|vecA|costheta * hat i,

where hat i is a unit vector along the positive x-axis.

Related questions
See all questions in Vector Operations
Impact of this question
4782 views around the world
You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License