SOLUTION: Find the horizontal and vertical lengths of the vector with the given length and direction, and write the vector in terms of vectors i and j. |v| = 50, θ = 120 degrees

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Question 1042854: Find the horizontal and vertical lengths of the vector with the given length and direction, and write the vector in terms of vectors i and j.
|v| = 50, θ = 120 degrees

Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are no such terms "horizontal length", "vertical length".

They were never introduced, never defined and never used in math in this context.

There are the terms "x-component", "y-component", "x-projection", "y-projection" instead.