Does Friction Oppose Motion on an Inclined Surface?

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If we Are moving an object on an inclined surface than shouldn't friction be in the same direction?
 
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Nstraw said:
If we Are moving an object on an inclined surface than shouldn't friction be in the same direction?
Same direction as what? The motion of the object?
 
Nstraw said:
If we Are moving an object on an inclined surface than shouldn't friction be in the same direction?

Friction is always in the opposite direction to the direction of movement of an object.
 
anjelin said:
Friction is always in the opposite direction to the direction of movement of an object.

Not exactly.
It opposes the RELATIVE motion the object has to say, the underlying surface.

That is:
Friction seeks to equalize the motions of the object and the surface.

Suppose you drop a brick (no horizontal velocity) onto a moving plank.
The friction from the plank will accelerate the brick in the direction of its own generated horizontal motion, until the brick moves with the same speed as the plank.
 
So friction will oppose the motion