A Box weighs 337.1 N is on an inclined plane that makes a 41.4◦ angle with the horizontal.gravitational force?
Compute the component of the gravitational force acting down the inclined plane.
Answer in units of N
please show me how to do this
*the answer is not 252, i tried
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Fg = mgsinΘ = 337.1N * sin41.4º = 223 N.
Whenever the angle is w/r/t horizontal (and it almost always is), then the gravity component downslope is mgsinΘ.