Recent content by Mark Trice

So I managed to figure it out surprisingly. Thank you all for the help.

(μs)cosθ for the x-component? Oh crap, would it instead be Fnsinθ? edit: Sorry, not sure how to do subscripts on here

Now I have a little bit more, but have no clue where to go now.

Here is my attempt at this so far. I can barely even start this because doing this without rotating the axis just doesn’t make sense to me. Should I put my x-axis through the center of the object parallel to the ground rather than on the ground?

Sorry for the confusing question; this question is based on a lab we did and I forgot to explain the situation of the lab. So basically in the lab we raised a piece of wood at an incline until a block on the inclined plane began to slide by overcoming the static friction. The angle θ is the...

The problem states "μ = tanθ is true no matter the axis you choose on an inclined plane. Prove this by making the x-axis parallel to the ground and solving for μ to get tanθ".

Homework Statement The static friction coefficient on an inclined plane is equal to tan(θ). The problem requires me to prove this also works by using an x-axis parallel to the ground rather than parallel to the incline. I understand how to get tan(θ) using the incline as the x-axis, but I don't...