Physics Question

Question

An airplane flies at 62 m/s in the direction 129° counterclockwise from east. What are the east and north components of the plane's velocity?

Answer 1

Hi Jordan,

An airplane flies at 62 m/s in the direction 129° counterclockwise from east. What are the east and north components of the plane's velocity?

East Component = - 62Cos (51 ) ( Note its Negative as pointing West ) m/s

North Component = 62 Sin (51) ( Pointing North) m/s

Plug in

Cos 51 =0..629

Sin51 = 0.777