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title: Forces On Truck
topic: Force
author: James Ropotar
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# {{ params.vars.title }}
<img src="ForcesOnTruck.png" width=90%>

A truck has a golf cart with no brakes on its back bed.
To prevent it from rolling out, a ramp is installed.
What is the maximum acceleration force that the engine can apply before the cart goes over the ramp and falls out?
The mass of the truck is $M = {{ params.MT }} \ \rm{kg}$, the ramp has an angle $\theta = {{ params.theta }}^{\circ}$, and the cart has a mass $m = {{ params.mc }} \ \rm{kg}$.

## Part 1

### Answer Section

Please enter in a numeric value in $\rm{N}$.

## Attribution

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