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A 600-pound boat sits on a ramp inclined at 30 degrees as shown in the attached image. What force is required to keep the boat from rolling down the ramp?

Completely lost, never done physics before....
10 years ago

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Damon
component of weight down ramp = 600 sin 30 = 300 pounds
10 years ago

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