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Alright, that makes sense. Oddly enough, I actually solved for the kinetic energy correctly the first time, but I couldn't get an acceleration expression to match so I assumed it was wrong and changed it to just the T*x; I let the W=deltaK confuse me. Thanks for clearing things up!

Homework Statement Consider a block of mass M that is pulled up an incline by a force T that is parallel to the surface of the incline. The block starts from rest and is pulled a distance x by the force T. The incline, which is frictionless, makes an angle theta with respect to the...