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coolkid26

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Nov 16, 2009

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i got it.

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ideasrule

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Nov 16, 2009

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Start by drawing a free-body diagram, labelling all forces, and writing out Newton's second law for both the x and y directions.

coolkid26

Nov 16, 2009

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ideasrule said:

Start by drawing a free-body diagram, labelling all forces, and writing out Newton's second law for both the x and y directions.

Fxdirection=42cos30+[(12kg)(9.8m/s2)]
Fydirection=42sin30+[(12kg)(9.8m/s2)]

something like that?

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