Given:
There is a vector with magnitude 5 meters and direction 60 degrees.
Required:
We need to find the magnitude of it's vertical and horizontal components
Explanation:
The vector v and it's vertical and horizontal components are shown in figure
here vx and vy are horizontal and vertical components respectively
Now to find the magnitude of both components
[tex]\begin{gathered} v_x=v\cos\emptyset \\ v_y=v\sin\emptyset \end{gathered}[/tex]now substitute the values
[tex]v_x=5\cos60=5*\frac{1}{2}\approx2.5\text{ m}[/tex][tex]v_y=5\sin60\approx4.33\text{ m}[/tex]Final answer:
The magnitude of vertical and horizontal components of v are 2.5 m and 4.33 m respectively
