How Is Force Calculated in Trigonometric Free Body Diagrams?

[SLStudent]

Homework Statement

a person is exerting 300 Newton force on the handle of a shovel that makes an angle of 60 deg with the horizontal ground. the component of the 300 newtion force that acts perpendicular to the ground is apporximately what?
possible answers+ 350N 150N 260N 300N

Homework Equations

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The Attempt at a Solution

not really an attempt but 260N because the resultant would be longer than the component if you can give the Equation i could probly figure it out.
thanks

 

[Brian-san]

It's just setting up trigonometric relations between the parallel/perpendicular components. The 300N force will form the "hypotenuse" of this right triangle.