You are rereading your notes from class about resolving vectors, but some parts are not making sense. It is apparent that there are some mistakes in your notes. Select all the mistakes.
1.Suppose that we are given a vector with magnitude M and angle g.
2.To resolve a vector into its horizontal and vertical components, we first diagram the vector as the hypotenuse of an isosceles triangle.
3.The angle given is put at the bottom left corner of the triangle.
4. We calculate the vertical component as M sin g. We calculate the horizontal component as M arcsin g.
5.We have to be careful with the trigonometric functions and be sure that our values are for degrees or radians according to how the angle g is given.
(The second sentence is incorrect because the triangle should be a right triangle, not an isosceles one. The fifth sentence is incorrect because we use M cos g to calculate the horizontal component.)
