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Hi, thank you so much for this advice! Although I did break it up into components before, I finally grasp the logic. I really feel like this way should have been taught as it does make it easier to orient the components with respect to the plane and not the x and y axis. Thank goodness this...

The problem states that "A block of mass M rests on a fixed plane inclined at an angle theta. You apply a horizontal force Mg on the block. Assume friction force is enough to keep the block at rest. What are the normal and friction forces that the plane exerts on the block? For what range of...

I've taken intro to classical mechanics, but am really not sure about how this example calculates the friction force and the normal force...I usually break down the force vector into components, and I understand that this is probably a much more simple way to calculate the perpendicular and...

Well, let's see: I know that Voy=Vo*sin50 and Vox=Vo*cos50 and Vox=Vx given constant velocity. Playing around with the constant acceleration equations, I see that: X=Xo + Voxt+1/2Axt^2 cancels out to X=Vocos50t, then time could be said to be t=1.06m/Vocos50... Am I headed in the right...

Homework Statement So! The problem states that a grasshopper jumps from the edge of a table. We know that x-initial is zero and x-final is 1.06m. This is how far he jumped from the origin. The height of the table is unknown, but we know that the height of the grasshoppers jump with respect...