A 0.785 kg object is being pushed up a surface that's inclined 17.7° with respect to the horizontal. The pushing force is parallel to the surface. The coefficient of kinetic friction for the surface is 0.344. The object is sliding with an acceleration of 2.36 m/s^2.
a) Identify all the forces that are acting on the object. (You may draw a picture to do this.)
b) Draw a free body diagram for the object and appropriately rotate its axes.
c) Write Newton's laws of motion equations for the x and y components of the net force acting on the object and use them to find the magnitude of the pushing force acting on the object.