A car travels straight for 20 miles on a road that is 30° north of east. What is the east component of the car’s displacement to the nearest tenth of a mile?
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17.3 miles.
So basically when u draw u realise u have the hypotenuse as 20 and an angle of 30 degrees. to get the horizontal component u simply take cos30 =x/20
so x = 20*cos30 which is 17.3 miles.
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