FrictionlessInclinedPlane 2006-06-18 21:44:19 2006-06-18 21:44:19 Example Newton's laws of motion % this is the default PlanetMath preamble. as your knowledge % of TeX increases, you will probably want to edit this, but % it should be fine as is for beginners. % almost certainly you want these \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} % used for TeXing text within eps files %\usepackage{psfrag} % need this for including graphics (\includegraphics) \usepackage{graphicx} % for neatly defining theorems and propositions %\usepackage{amsthm} % making logically defined graphics %\usepackage{xypic} % there are many more packages, add them here as you need them % define commands here The inclined plane is a common example of Newton's laws of motion. It was used in Galileo's experiment to calculate the acceleration due to gravity and has been used by students for centuries to explore the laws of motion. Here we will examine a block sliding down a frictionless inclined plane as shown below. \begin{figure} \includegraphics[scale=.85]{InclinePlane.eps} \vspace{20 pt} \caption{ Inclined Plane} \label{Figure 1} \end{figure}