Note that this is the same thing as plotting the phasor on the complex plane, and then observing the projection of the phasor on the real axis, as the phasor rotates around at a rate \(\omega t\) as s...Note that this is the same thing as plotting the phasor on the complex plane, and then observing the projection of the phasor on the real axis, as the phasor rotates around at a rate \(\omega t\) as shown in Figure \(\PageIndex{3}\). This can be visualized as a right triangle where the magnitude is the hypotenuse, the angle is the rotation above or below the horizontal, the horizontal component is the side adjacent to the angle and the vertical component is the side opposite of the angle.
