Tory has a mass of 40kg. she sleds down a hill that has a slope of 25 degrees. what is the component of her weight that is along her direction of motion?

1.7 x 10^2 N

or 166 N

First you find the vertical component of the weight, which is 9.8*40, (g*m), which is 392 N. You then find the angle between that and the slope, which is 90-25, which is 65. You then multiply the vertical weight by cos(65), to find the component of that that is parallel to the slope. You get 165.666 N