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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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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.
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