Ask Question
6 March, 15:57

A jogger runs 5.0 km on a straight trail at an angle of 60° south of west. What is the southern component of the run rounded to the nearest tenth of a kilometer?

+1
Answers (1)
  1. 6 March, 17:54
    0
    60 ° is the angle between W - direction and the run direction.

    You need the angle betwee S-direction and the run direction. This is 90° - 60° = 30 °.

    By geometry you can trace a right triangle, where the S-component is the adyacent side and the run is the hypotenuse.

    Then cos 30° = adyacent side / hypotenuse = S-component / run

    Then S-component = run * cos 30° = 5.0 km * 0.866 = 4.3 km

    Answer: 4.3 km
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Find an answer to your question ✅ “A jogger runs 5.0 km on a straight trail at an angle of 60° south of west. What is the southern component of the run rounded to the nearest ...” in 📘 Physics if you're in doubt about the correctness of the answers or there's no answer, then try to use the smart search and find answers to the similar questions.
Search for Other Answers