Question

An object is on a frictionless inclined plane. The plane is inclined at an angle of 62.7 degrees with the horizontal. Using the accerlation due gravity from your reference table. What is the magnitude of object's acceleration?

Answer 1

-9.8m/s^2*Cos(90-62.7)=-8.708 m/s^2 Just think about making a triangle, and the plane it's going down on is the hypotenuse. The vertical down is the acceleration of gravity, -9.8 m/s^2.