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3 November, 04:54

A basketball player shoots the ball with an initial velocity of 17.1 ft/sec at an angle of 45.6 degrees with the horizontal. to the nearest tenth, find the initial horizontal component of the vector that represents the velocity of the ball

5.1 ft/sec

12.0 ft/sec

12.2 ft/sec

17.5 ft/sec

i got 5.1 but not sure if correct

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  1. 3 November, 06:18
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    The horizontal component is:

    17.1cos45.6≈11.96 so

    vx=12.0 ft/sec (to nearest tenth ft/s)
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