Question

A truck travels up a hill with a 5.4° incline. The truck has a constant speed of 25 m/s. What is the horizontal component of the truck’s velocity?

What is the vertical component of the truck’s velocity?
Answer in units of m/s.

Answer 1

`v_(x)=24.88m/s`

`v_(y)=2.35m/s`

Step-by-step explanation:

Knowing that the truck travels up a hill with a 5.4º incline

The horizontal component of the truck's velocity is:

`v_(x)=vcos\beta=(25m/s)cos(5.4)=24.88m/s`

The vertical component of the truck's velocity is:

`v_(y)=vsin\beta=(25m/s)sin(5.4)=2.35m/s`