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24) A submarine dives 110.0m at an angle of 10.0 degrees below the horizontal. What are the two components? (include direction)
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24) A submarine dives 110.0m at an angle of 10.0 degrees below the horizontal. What are the two components? (include direction)
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Write the angle as the angle counter-clockwise with the positive x-axis
x-component = 110.0 cos (360 - 10)° = 110.0 cos 350°= 108.3 m in the direction of the positive x-axis
y-component = 110.0 sin 350° = -19.1 m ... so 19.1 m in the direction of the negative y-axis