document.write( "Question 303575: a jet flying in a direction N 20 E with a speed of 500 mi/h. Find the north and east components of the velocity. \n" ); document.write( "
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north 20 degrees means he is traveling 20 degrees east of north.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "he is traveling at 500 miles per hour, so the length of the vector is 500 miles per hour.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you have a triangle that has a 20 degree angle where north is the adjacent side and east is the opposite side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the north component is 469.85 miles per hour.
\n" ); document.write( "the east component is 171.01 miles per hour.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the following picture shows you what I mean and how the components were calculated.\r
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