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Converting this value to vector form?
I've got to model motion on a plane using a visual modelling program the object is accelerating down a slope under gravity (9.81ms^-2) the angle of the slope is 30 degrees i need to write the value for the acceleration in vector form for the vertical and horizontal components
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- 1 decade ago
X component = value * cos(angle)
Y component = value * sin(angle)
in this case I guess 'value' is gravity.
make sure that the angle is based off of 0 degrees being on the positive side of the X axis.
Also beware of degree to radian issues as well and convert where necessary.