Homework Help: physics

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 22, 2012 at 8:33pm.

A child rides a toboggan down a hill that
descends at an angle of 15.5
◦
to the horizontal.
The hill is 13.8 m long.
What is the horizontal component of the
child’s displacement?
Answer in units of m
013 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
What is the vertical component of the child’s
displacement?

physics - Elena, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 10:18am
r(x)= 13.8•cos15.5◦
r(x)= 13.8•sin15.5◦

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