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posted by  Ben Is A Monk on 6/30/2008 12:00:50 PM  |  status: Closed  

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Find the magnitude of V, given |Vx| = 45.0 and |Vy| = 15.0
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posted by Sarah21 on 6/30/2008 12:27:34 PM  |  status: Live
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If we know the x component and the y component, we can use pythagorean's theorem to solve for the magnitude of V:

V =

V = √(452 + 152)

V = 47.4
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