question regarding component of vector

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a vector along horizontal 'ma'
i need its component up the incline,it can be done in two ways & i get two answers 'ma cos Î¸' and 'ma/cos Î¸'
i was wondering which is correct and why ?

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kunl ·2011-03-23 20:41:01

i m getting same by both method ma*cos@

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s4m4n ·2011-03-23 20:43:53

how?

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s4m4n ·2011-03-23 21:00:10

what will be component of L in this

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samagra Kr ·2011-03-24 06:12:27

Lcos Î¸, COMPONENT IS ALWAYS LESS THAN ACTUAL VALUE

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kunl ·2011-03-24 06:33:09

component of L along what??

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Abhisek ·2011-03-24 06:42:42

@ Kunl : Component of a vector is always lesser in magnitude than the actual vector...

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kunl ·2011-03-24 06:43:53

i asked the original asker of problem he wanted component of L along wat?

btw is it really always less?..i never knew [3][3]

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Abhisek ·2011-03-24 07:06:30

Yeah, and the component he asked for was marked with a question mark in that diagram! [202]

Anyways , the following is a logic i use : (no guarantee that it's correct)

edit in the last sentence : ....you are actually reducing the magnitude of vector L, which is unacceptable.

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kunl ·2011-03-24 07:43:28

thank you![1]

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