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As θ increases towards 90 what happens to the horizontal and vertical components of F?

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Horizontal component , F cos θ.

Vertical component , F sin θ.

Now, as θ increases towards 90° cos θ decreases and

As θ increases towards 90° sin θ increases.

Therefore, horizontal component of F will decrease and vertical component will increase.

Hence, this is the required solution.

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