Yeah, I was actually not aware of how to check that intuitively. More often than not I have found that math does not always come intuitively to me. But now I understand, thank you for your help.
Thank you. It's at times like these I feel incredibly stupid. I had my calculator set to radians instead of degrees. Sorry for wasting everyone's time, including my own. Problem solved.
I apologize, sometimes I can be mathematically challenged. I don't understand what you are getting at. Here is a picture of my attempt at a solution, in case that helps.
Homework Statement
Find the components of the vector A with length a = 1.00 and angle=20.0° with respect to the x-axis as shown.
Enter the x component followed by the y component, separated by a comma.
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
To find the X-component...