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Posted by melissa on Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 8:06pm.

a block weighing 50 N rests on an inclined plane. its weight is a force directed vertically downward, a37 degree angel find the componants of the force parallel to the surface of the plane and perpendicular to it

physics - drwls, Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 8:57pm
The weight force components are:
50 sin 37 Newtons parallel to the surface of the plane, and
50 cos 37 Newtons perpendicular to the surface of the plane

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