A young boy is pulling his wooden toboggan up a 30 slope. If the toboggan is moving at a constant speed on the dry snow of the slope, calculate the minimum force the boy must exert in order to pull the toboggan, if the mass of the toboggan is 15 kg. The coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.18. (Hint: There will be two forces acting to pull the toboggan downhill!)

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A young boy is pulling his wooden toboggan up a 30 slope.  If the toboggan is moving at a constant speed on the dry snow of the slope, calculate the minimum force the boy must exert in order to pull the toboggan, if the mass of the toboggan is 15 kg.  The coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.18.  (Hint: There will be two forces acting to pull the toboggan downhill!)