Question

A man is pulling on his dog with a force of 34.7 N directed at an angle of 24.4° to the horizontal. Find the x component of this force.

Answer 1

Answer:

$31.7\:\mathrm{N}$

Explanation:

We can use basic trig in a right triangle to solve this problem. Let the x component of the force be $x$. We have the following equation:

$\cos 24^{\circ}=\frac{x}{34.7},\\x=34.7\cos 24^{\circ}\approx \boxed{31.7}$