BRAINCAKESliding Down a Slope
The forces acting on an object on a slope are the normal contact force N which is perpendicular the plane of the slope, the weight W of the object which acts downwards towards the centre of the Earth, and friction F which opposes the motion of the object down the slope so acts up the slope.
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