How do i find the horizontal component of a vector?

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Trevor Ryan.
Sep 24, 2015

#A_x=|vecA|costheta * hat i#

Explanation:

Any vector #vecA# of magnitude #|vecA|# and acting at an angle #theta# to the horizontal or the positive x-axis, has a horizontal component given by
#A_x=|vecA|costheta * hat i#,

where #hat i# is a unit vector along the positive x-axis.

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