How do we find the components of a vector?

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In the above right angle,
$s i n θ = \frac{a_{y}}{a} \Rightarrow a_{y} = a s i n θ$
$c o s θ = \frac{a_{x}}{a} \Rightarrow a_{x} = a c o s θ$

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