Question #253394

A ball is thrown upward at an angle of 30o from the horizontal. What are the values of the horizontal and vertical components of its velocity?


Expert's answer

Unfortunately, from the condition of the question we don't know the initial velocity of the ball. Let's suppose that the initial velocity of the ball is 10 m/s. Then, we can find  the values of the horizontal and vertical components of its velocity:


v0x=v0cosθ=10 ms×cos30=8.66 ms,v_{0x}=v_0cos\theta=10\ \dfrac{m}{s}\times cos30^{\circ}=8.66\ \dfrac{m}{s},v0y=v0sinθ=10 ms×sin30=5.0 ms.v_{0y}=v_0sin\theta=10\ \dfrac{m}{s}\times sin30^{\circ}=5.0\ \dfrac{m}{s}.
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