SOLUTION: A ball is thrown with initial speed of 25 miles per hour in a direction that makes an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal. What are the components of the velocity?

Question 1197968: A ball is thrown with initial speed of 25 miles per hour in a direction that makes an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal. What are the components of the velocity?
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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At the angle to the horizontal of 30 degrees, vertical component of the speed is

sin(30°) = 0.5 of the magnitude of the initial speed

and horizontal component is cos(30°) = = 0.866 of the magnitude of the initial speed.

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