Question

A hiker walks 22.27 m at 41.35 degrees. What is the X component of hisdisplacement?

Answer 1

In order to calculate the x component of the displacement, we can use the following formula:

`d_x=d\cdot\cos (\theta)`

So, for d = 22.27 m and theta = 41.35°, we have:

`\begin{gathered} d_x=22.27\cdot\cos (41.35\degree) \\ d_x=22.27\cdot0.7507 \\ d_x=16.72 \end{gathered}`

Therefore the x component is 16.72 meters.