Suppose your car is on a 5% grade, meaning that for every 100 m you travel along the road you raise or lower only 5 m in elevation. If your car's mass is 1500 kg, what is the component of its weight parallel to the road? Approximate g as 10 m/s2.
and come someone please explain the answer because i do not understand physics at all and this is for my class so i need to know how to do it

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noelgreco · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

I'm not sure? and Not sure how that answers this. :/

anonymous · Answer

use Tan theta

to find the angle

noelgreco · Answer

Taking physics without knowing basic trigonometry is not advisable.

anonymous · Answer

well it is a little late for that and it wasnt suppose to be a physics class it was suppose to be how things work like a step before physics