a man pushes a lawn mower across the lawn exerting 5 N of force along the handle at an angle of 25 degrees?

Question

with the ground. what is the x component of the force he exerts?

Answer 1

Draw out a vector diagram.

Your force on your hypotenuse is the 5N. Make it 5 units long rising at an angle of 25 degrees above horizontal.

Make a right angle triangle from the end of the handle to the ground.

Connect the ends on the ground.

Solve the sides of your triangle, or draw to scale and measure for the answer.

Your x component is the length along the ground and your y component is the distance from the end of the handle to the ground.

Answer 2

using a bit of trig

cos(25)*5

j