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Miraploy
Oct11-04, 09:09 PM
A truck travels up a hill at a 10 degrees incline with constant speed of 30 m/s

What is horizontal component of the truck's velocity? What is vertical component of the truck's velocity?

Tom McCurdy
Oct11-04, 09:21 PM
30 sin 10 equals vertical
30 cos 10 equals horizontal