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.

Relax

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex]31.7\:\mathrm{N}[/tex]

Explanation:

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

[tex]\cos 24^{\circ}=\frac{x}{34.7},\\x=34.7\cos 24^{\circ}\approx \boxed{31.7}[/tex]