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deemer23
Oct 4, 2007, 05:15 PM
A skateboard rolls 45.0 m down a hill that descends at an angle of 23.0 degrees with the horizontal. What are the horizontal and vertical components of the skateboard's displacement?

terryg752
Oct 10, 2007, 09:38 AM
Draw a right angled triangle with Diagonal = 45, and angle with horizontal = 23 degrees

Vertical Component = Vertical side = 45 sine 23
Horizontal Component = horizontal side = 45 cos 23