SOLUTION: A 60 kg skier is pulled by a rope up a frictionless slope that is inclined at an angle of 20 degree with the horizontal. The rope pulls parallel to the slope and has a tension of 2

Question 160954: A 60 kg skier is pulled by a rope up a frictionless slope that is inclined at an angle of 20 degree with the horizontal. The rope pulls parallel to the slope and has a tension of 230N. Calculate the skier's acceleration.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There is no frictional force acting on the skier but there is a component of gravity acting against the skier.
The force balance, parallel to the slope, would be

where T is the tension of the rope and is the angle of incline,

The skier accelerates at a rate of 0.48 m/s^2.
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