Because of the wind, a boat sails 4,728 meters in the direction S 47deg29mins W. How far south it goes? How far west has it gone?
this is my report..please help me..i tried so hard but i really didn't get it..thanks!
Any vector that is not parallel to the
X or Y-axis, has a hor. and vertical
component. In this case, the ver.
component = to the dist South, and
The hor. component is the dist. West.
The boat is about 222.5 deg. from the
positive X-axis.
Ver. Dist. = 4728 * Sin(222.5) = 3194.2 meters. = Dist. South.
Hor. Dist. = 4728 * Cos(222.5 =
3485.8 meters = Dist. West.