Question

A descent vehicle landing on the moon has a vertical velocity toward the surface of the moon of 22.7 m/s. At the same time, it has a horizontal velocity of 58.9 m/s.
At what speed does the vehicle move along its descent path?
Answer in units of m/s
At what angle with the vertical is its path?
Answer in units of ◦

Answer 1

Draw a freebody diagram. You should get a triangle with you connect the vertical and horizontal.

a^2+b^2=c^2

a=22.7
b=58.9
solve for c to get first part

second part 2:
to find direction, using trig
tantheta = opposite/adajacent

tan^-1(58.9/22.7) = ?

Answer 2

THANK YOU
I actually needed only the second part and I did the same as u but I forgot to put parentheses!