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A football is kicked from the ground with a speed of 30 m/s at an angle of 60º with the ground. What is the horizontal component of the football immediately after it is kicked? a 30 m/s b 30 tan(60º) m/s
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A football is kicked from the ground with a speed of 30 m/s at an angle of 60º with the ground. What is the horizontal component of the football immediately after it is kicked?

a
30 m/s
b
30 tan(60º) m/s
c
30 sin(60º) m/s
d
30 cos(60º) m/s

User Rajeev Sahu
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Answer:

D

Step-by-step explanation:

30 m/s is the hypothenuse. The horizontal component will be x. Using trig, you can see that


cos(angle) = (x)/(hypotenuse)

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