Question

A man is pulling on his dog with a force of 34.7 N directed at an angle of 24.4° to the horizontal. Find the x component of this force.

Answer 1

`31.7\:\mathrm{N}`

Step-by-step explanation:

We can use basic trig in a right triangle to solve this problem. Let the x component of the force be
`x`. We have the following equation:

`\cos 24^(\circ)=(x)/(34.7),\\x=34.7\cos 24^(\circ)\approx \boxed{31.7}`