maximum speed of cheetah is
speed of gazelle is given as
Now the relative speed of Cheetah with respect to Gazelle
now the relative distance between Cheetah and Gazelle is given initially as "d"
now the time taken by Cheetah to catch the Gazelle is given as
so by rearranging the terms we can say
so above is the relation between all given variable
Answer:
<em>The horizontal component of the velocity is 49.85 m/s.</em>
Explanation:
<u>Rectangular Components of a Vector</u>
A 2D vector can be expressed in several forms. The rectangular form gives its two components, one for each axis (x,y). The polar form gives the components as the pair (r,θ) being r the magnitude and θ the angle.
When the magnitude and angle of the vector are given, the rectangular components are calculated as follows:
Where v is the magnitude of the vector and θ is the angle with respect to the x positive direction.
The cart is moving at v=55 m/s at θ=25°, thus:
The horizontal component of the velocity is 49.85 m/s.