For a block of mass kept on a smooth inclined plane making an angle with the horizontal

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Problem

For a block of mass

m

kept on a smooth inclined plane making an angle

\theta

with the horizontal, the magnitude of the normal reaction exerted by the plane on the block is (a)

mg\sin\theta

(b)

mg\cos\theta

(c)

mg

(d)

mg\tan\theta