According to the problem, the sled has a mass of 8 kg.
The frictional force
is quantified as 2.4 N.
A force
of 20 N was applied to the sled at an angle of
.
When resolving the force into both horizontal and vertical components, we arrive at -
and
.
Here,
identifies the horizontal component while
indicates the vertical component.
.
Likewise, for
.
The free body diagram shows that the sum of the vertical forces amounts to zero since there’s no vertical movement.
Consequently, we can express it as
, where g symbolizes the acceleration due to gravity.
Thus,
.
Consequently,
, and we recognize that the value of g is 9.8 m/s^2.
This leads to a normal force of = 63.1 N.
The net movement of the sled is in the forward direction.
Hence, as acceleration of the sled is symbolized as
.
We can conclude that
.
Finally,
.
Thus, option A is correct.