Force acting on a block against a wall

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Homework Statement


A 1.0 kg wood block is pressed (30 degrees) against a vertical wood wall by a 12N force as in the picture. If the block is initially at rest, will it move upward, downward, or stay at rest? In the book, it gives the us as 0.50 and the uk as 0.20.
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Free Body Diagram:
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Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution


How do I solve this problem using static and/or kinetic friction?
 
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If you put up your images on a hosting website (like flickr or photobucket, etc) it will be much easier since your attachments still haven't been approved and we won't be able to see them until they are.

Or you could just describe it?
 
http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg65/darlieally/?action=view&current=Untitled.jpg
It's supposed to say 30degrees

And then the free body diagram (which I am not quite sure that I have done properly):
http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg65/darlieally/?action=view&current=Untitled1.jpg

Can you see these?
 
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Or if you can't see those...
http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg65/darlieally/?action=view&current=Untitled1.jpg"

and

http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg65/darlieally/?action=view&current=Untitled.jpg"
 
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Have you included gravity in your FBD? Once you have all of your forces for the FBD, look at which way the box could possibly move. You have the values of all of the forces including coefficients of friction, so how do these come into play?