A farm tractor tows a 4080 kg trailer up a 14.5° incline at a steady speed of 3.0 m/s. what force does the tractor exert on the trailer? (ignore friction.)

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Conor Atkinson

Physics

2 March, 13:16

A farm tractor tows a 4080 kg trailer up a 14.5° incline at a steady speed of 3.0 m/s. what force does the tractor exert on the trailer? (ignore friction.)

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Warren Gill · Answer 1

Force due to gravity = 4080 x 9.81 = 40,025 N

Force of trailer parallel to slope = 40025 sin 14.5 = 10021 N (resolve horizontally)

I used the acceleration of gravity as 9.81 m/s. If they want you to use 10 m/s, just switch it with the 9.81 in the first equation. Ignore the speed of the trailer. That is just to throw you off.