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nDever
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Hey,
Imagine a frictionless inclined plane situation where the ramp goes up and to the right.
If we put an object on it with any mass m, would it be fair to say that both of the components of the weight are negative? My reasoning is that the x component causes acceleration to the left and the y component presses the object against the ramp (which is downward with respect to the x axis).
The components of the weight would therefore be computed as follows.
Wy= -mgcos(θ)
Wx= mgsine(-θ)
Correct?
Imagine a frictionless inclined plane situation where the ramp goes up and to the right.
If we put an object on it with any mass m, would it be fair to say that both of the components of the weight are negative? My reasoning is that the x component causes acceleration to the left and the y component presses the object against the ramp (which is downward with respect to the x axis).
The components of the weight would therefore be computed as follows.
Wy= -mgcos(θ)
Wx= mgsine(-θ)
Correct?
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