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OS-UP-5-67 · OpenStax University Physics Volume 1

Common Forces (Problem 67)

A 2.0-kg block is on a perfectly smooth ramp that makes an angle of with the horizontal. (a) What is the block’s acceleration down the ramp and the force of the ramp on the block? (b) What force applied upward along and parallel to the ramp would allow the block to move with constant velocity? Select the answer to part (b).