Sam pulls a rope attached to a sled with a force of 30 N. The rope makes an angle of 50° with the ground, as shown below.

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What force will move the sled vertically upwards?

 a)39.16 N

b)15 N

c)22.98 N

 d) 20 N

anonymous · Answer

For vertical force you have to consider the sine component of the force. You will get your answer

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The sine component of the force will be $$30\times \sin 50$$

anonymous · Answer

i got 2.614672282

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anonymous · Answer

@softballlover6655 Check your answer. you are making a mistake. sin 50 should be in degres and not radian.

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Check your multiplication. I got the answer.

anonymous · Answer

hmm idk how to do the degree way

anonymous · Answer

actually i just looked and its in deg?

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the radian way gave me -7.871245611

anonymous · Answer

ahhhh i got it c)22.98 N ?

anonymous · Answer

Bravo @softballlover6655 You got it. Way to go!!!

anonymous · Answer

yey (: thanks so much !