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Question Number 69846 by Rio Michael last updated on 28/Sep/19

F i n d t h e x - c o m p o n e n t a n d y - c o m p o n e n t o f a 25 N f o r c e a c t i n g a t 210 ° a n g l e

Answered by MJS last updated on 28/Sep/19

(\begin{matrix} 25 \cos 210 ° \\ 25 \sin 210 ° \end{matrix}) = (\begin{matrix} - \frac{25 \sqrt{3}}{2} \\ - \frac{25}{2} \end{matrix}) \approx (\begin{matrix} - 21.6506 \\ - 12.5 \end{matrix})

Commented by Rio Michael last updated on 28/Sep/19

s i r i f i u s e t h e a b s o l u t e v a l u e i s i t c o r r e c t ?

Commented by MJS last updated on 28/Sep/19

I guess no . if you use the absolute values

the angle changes to 30 °

Commented by Rio Michael last updated on 28/Sep/19

t h a n k s s i r