Acceleration on an Inclined Plane

[Aerosion]

Homework Statement

Two blocks of wieghts 3.6N and 7.2N are connected by a massless string and slide down a 30 degree inclined plane. The coefficient of kinetic friction b/t the lighter block and the plane is 0.10, that b/t the heavier block and the plane is 0.20. Assuming the lighter block leads, find magnitude of acceleration of the blocks.

Homework Equations

F=ma
Fcos(O)-fk-T=ma

The Attempt at a Solution

I dunno, I just guessed at the above equations. Anyway, I'm pretty stuck on this problem (meaning I don't even know where to begin). It's the fact that the question didn't give any forces that threw me off, they just gave masses (and in N too).

 

[mattst88]

The force causing them to slide will be the force due to gravity.

F = ma -> F = mg

 

[Aerosion]

Well, yeah, I thought of that, but wouldn't that just be the force in the y direction? Like, shouldn't there also be a force in the x direction, since it's on an inclined plane and all? That's the acceleration I'm having trouble finding. See, it's that that I was guessing at in the above equations.

Oh, and since they're connected on a string, wouldn't F=mg be Fy=T-mg, since there's supposedly some tension in the string as well?