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?

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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°) = sqrt%283%29%2F2 = 0.866  of the magnitude of the initial speed.