Question

A garden hose is spraying a stream of water at a box on the ground with a force of 2.8 pounds. The water stream makes an angle of 30 degrees with the ground. What is the horizontal component of the force

Answer 1

The horizontal component of force is 1.99 pounds.

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Force = 2.8 Newtons.

The attached image shows the arrangement.

Angle made by the water stream with the ground

`\theta = 30^\circ`

The horizontal component is given by:

`|F|\cos \theta\\=2.3\cos(30)\\\\=2.3 * (\sqrt3)/(2)\\\\=1.99`

Thus, the horizontal component of force is 1.99 pounds.