Question: A man is dragging a trunk up the loading ramp of a mover's truck. The ramp has a slope angle of 20.00, and the man

A man is dragging a trunk up the loading ramp of a mover's truck. The ramp has a slope angle of 20.00, and the man pulls upward with a force F whose direction makes an angle of
30.0o with the ramp (Fig. 4.32)
(a) How large a force F is necessary for the component Fx parallel to the ramp to be 60.0 N?
(b) How large will the component Fy perpendicular to the ramp then be?

300 20.0°

300 20.0

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