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Homework Statement
I need help with part of a problem. I am having problems understanding just how to find the force up an incline when a horizontal force ("headwind") is given.
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The Attempt at a Solution
When drawing a triangle to figure it out I draw the hypotenuse as x (force I need to find) and the side adjacent to angle θ as Fapplied. From this, I get cosθ = Fapp/x, therefore x=Fapp/cosθ. However, my online homework listed it as Fapp*cosθ. Did I draw the triangle wrong?