A 215 N box placed on an inclined plane that make a 35.0 degree angle with the horizontal. Find the component of the weight force parallel to the plane's surface?

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anonymous · Answer

is it frictionless?

anonymous · Answer

Draw a free body diagram of the box and place the x-y axis so x axis is parallel with the top of the ramp ... then put the angle 35 into the triangle ... then use SOH-CAH-TOA to find the side of the triangle parallel with the ramp