A skateboard with mass of 50kg is pulled without friction across the ground by a rope that makes an angle of 20 degrees with the horizontal. What force on the rope would be required to move the skateboard at a constant speed of 20 m/s?

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A skateboard with mass of 50kg is pulled without friction across the ground by a rope that makes an angle of 20 degrees with the horizontal. What force on the rope would be required to move the skateboard at a constant speed of 20 m/s? 

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