Solve the problem.
-A basketball player shoots the ball with a velocity of 12.8 ft/s at an angle of 40.8° with the horizontal. To the nearest tenth, find the magnitude of the horizontal component of the resultant vector.
A) 4.9 ft/s
B) 8.4 ft/s
C) 4.2 ft/s
D) 9.7 ft/s

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The horizontal component of the velocity can be found using the formula: horizontal component = velocity * cos(angle). Therefore, 12.8 ft/s * cos(40.8°) ≈ 9.7 ft/s.

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