At the end of the semester, you are loading your gear into a van to go home. In loading the van, you can either lift a 45.0-kg crate straight up(method 1) or push it up a 3.00-m-long ramp that is inclined at an angle above the horizontal (method 2).In both methods, the crate is moved at a constant speed and the vertical distance from the ground to the floor of the van has the same value h. In method 1, no friction is present. In method 2, however, a frictional force does -485J of work on the crate. In applying your nonconservative pushing force to the crate, you do twice as much work in method 2 as in method 1. Find the angle.

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First, compute the work done in method 1. That would be M g H = 45*9.8*3.0 sin A = 1323 sin A Joules. A is the angle of the place to the horizontal.

With the ramp, you do twice as much work, or 2646 J sin A. If 485 J of this was overcoming friction, the potential energy change was
2646 sin A - 485
This equals the potential energy change with method 1, or 1323 sin A. Therefore
2646 sin A -485 = 1323 sin A
485 = 1323 sin A
sin A = 0.367
A = ?

i don't understand...this part:

the potential energy change was
2646 sin A - 485
This equals the potential energy change with method 1, or 1323 sin A. Therefore
2646 sin A -485 = 1323 sin A
485 = 1323 sin A

can you please explain it in details£¿

To solve this problem, we need to consider the forces and work done in both methods. Let's break down the problem into smaller steps:

Step 1: Calculate the work done in Method 1.
In Method 1, the crate is lifted straight up without any friction, so the only force to consider is the gravitational force (weight) acting vertically downwards. The work done in lifting the crate can be calculated as:
Work1 = force1 * distance1 * cosθ1
Here, force1 = weight of the crate = mass * gravitational acceleration (m * g),
distance1 = vertical distance h, and θ1 is the angle between the force and displacement vectors (which is 0 in this case since the force and displacement are in the same direction).

Step 2: Calculate the work done in Method 2.
In Method 2, the crate is pushed up the ramp, and both the friction force and gravitational force need to be considered. Since the crate is moving at a constant speed, the total work done (pushing force + friction force) is equal to zero. The work done against friction can be calculated as:
WorkFriction = frictional force * distance2
Here, the frictional force is given as -485 J (negative because it opposes the motion) and distance2 is the length of the ramp (3.00 m).

Step 3: Compare the work done in Method 1 and Method 2.
According to the problem statement, the work done in Method 2 is twice that of Method 1. Mathematically, this can be written as:
Work2 = 2 * Work1

Step 4: Substitute the calculated values and solve for the angle.
Using the equations and values from Steps 1 to 3, you can now substitute the values and solve for θ1 in the equation:
2 * (force1 * distance1 * cosθ1) = 485 J

Now, rearrange and solve the equation for θ1 to find the angle.