Question

Find the horizontal and vertical components of the $100m$displacement of a superhero who files from the top of a tall building following the path shown in FigureP3.52.

Short answer

The horizontal and vertical components are $x=86.6m,y=-50.0m$

Step-by-step solution

Step1:

According to the Figure, the superhero follows a straight line path at below the horizontal.

 

If the displacement is,then the coordinates of horizontal and vertical components of the superhero are:

$$\begin{gathered} x=\left(100m\right)\cos (-30.0°)=86.6m \\ y=\left(100m\right)\sin (-30.0°)=-50.0m \end{gathered}$$