For problems that involve an object accelerating along an inclined plane, how can the weight be used to determine the force component that causes motion?

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The weight times the sine of the angle of the ramp acts down along the ramp.

Newton's Second Law - Quiz Quiz

For problems that involve an object accelerating along an inclined plane, how can the weight be used to determine the force component that causes motion?

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