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Finding the components from the magnitude and angleGiven that the straight-line distance from Los Angeles to Las Vegas is 370 km, and that the angle θ in the figure is 38 °, how can the x and y components of the Δr vector be found? The sine and cosine of θ relate the given information to the information we wish to find:
Solving for the unknowns gives
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