How Do You Calculate Work Done to Overcome Friction on an Inclined Plane?

[ms.cupcake]

im having a hard time to solve this work done by overcoming friction question. help please?

Question: a block with mass 30kg slide on a rough inclined plane with 8m long and 28 degree to horizontal with acceleration 1.5ms^-2.
a)Calculate the work done to overcome friction.
b)the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the plane

 

[voko]

Start by writing down the free-body diagram equations.

 

[ms.cupcake]

done that and got kE=360.15J

 

[voko]

And how does this help?

 

[ms.cupcake]

well,the answer for work done to overcome friction is WFf= -745.36J. wonder why was that.

 

[voko]

What is the relationship between work, kinetic and potential energy?

 

[ms.cupcake]

it helps abit but i got (-745.17J) tho

 

[rcgldr]

What value are you using for g (gravitational acceleration)? Perhaps the problem statement is using a different value than what you're using.

 

[ms.cupcake]

k thanks for your help.