A player throws a football 50.0 m at 61.0° north of west. The westward component of the displacement of the football thrown is given by
A) 64.7 m.
B) 55.0 m.
C) 0 m.
D) 74.0 m.
E) 24.2 m.

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The westward component of the displacement can be found using the cosine function, as it represents the adjacent side in the right triangle formed by the displacement vector. Thus, $westward\ component = 50.0\ m \times \cos(61.0°) \approx 24.2\ m$.

A Player Throws a Football 50