Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

use Tan theta

to find the angle

Answer 3

Taking physics without knowing basic trigonometry is not advisable.

Answer 4

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