Answer: 24.24 m
Explanation:
A player throws football 50.0 m at 61° North of west. we will write this in terms of horizontal and vertical components.
Horizontal component: 50 cos 61° = 24.24 m which is westwards
Vertical component: 50 sin 61° = 43.73 m which towards North.
Refer to diagram below.
Thus, the westward component of displacement of the football is the horizontal component of the displacement = 24.24 m.
