Calculate: Block's Kinetic Energy, Work by Forces, & Gravity

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A 5.4 kg block is pushed 3.0 m up a rough 37° inclined plane by a horizontal force of 75 N. If the initial speed of the block is 2.2 m/s up the plane and a constant kinetic friction force of 25 N opposes the motion, *calculate the following.
(a) the initial kinetic energy of the block
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(b) the work done by the 75 N force
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(c) the work done by the friction force
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(d) the work done by gravity
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(e) the work done by the normal force
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(f) the final kinetic energy of the block
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HELP!, please
 
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what have u done to answer them yourself?
 
[tex]W = |F||D|cos\theta[/tex] theta being the angle between force and displacement vectors. That should take care of the first 5. The last one looks like [tex]W_{net} = \Delta KE[/tex]
 
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I tried to use the formula but I can't get the right answer.
 
how would you do part be on this question?
 
In part B the force is 75N the distance is 3m and the angle between them is 37 degrees, so using the formula the work should be 180 N*m
 
Thanks, now I'm trying to find the work done by friction. so I did W=25N*5.2(distance)*cos(theta but it didn't work