Including force in free body diagram

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The number of forces acting on a car parked on a hill(with parking brakes engaged) is
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1,2,3,4




When i drew the free body diagram, i got 4 but I am not sure if i should include a force
 
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Which four forces did you get? Which one don't you tihnk you should include?
 
i got Mg(weight),friction,normal force, and do i include force or there isn't one in this problem
 
Your three forces are correct. I'm not sure what you mean by the fourth force. The car is at rest remember!