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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 5:46pm.

A force directed 47.5° below the positive x-axis has an x component of 5.09 lb. Find its y component.

science - Scott, Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 7:48pm
y / x = tan(-47.5º)

y = x * tan(-47.5º)

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