Richard rides a bike on a road sloping downward and inclined at an angle of 30° with the horizontal. If he moves at a constant speed of 10 meters/second, calculate his vertical downward velocity.
5 m/s, use the sin(30)*10, that gets the vertical component in this case
Answer:
His vertical downward velocity is 5 m/s.
Explanation:
Given that,
Angle = 30°
Speed = 10 m/s
Velocity is the vector quantity which have magnitude and direction. It is defined the motion of the object.
We need to calculate his vertical downward velocity
According to figure,
\(v_{y}=v\sin\theta\)
\(v_{y}=10\times\sin30^{\circ}\)
\(v_{y}=10\times\dfrac{1}{2}\)
\(v_{y}=5\ m/s\)
Hence, His vertical downward velocity is 5 m/s.