Halliday, Resnick & Walker — Force and Motion–II: Problem 13

A box is on a ramp that is at angle \( \theta \) to the horizontal. As \( \theta \) is increased from zero, and before the box slips, do the following increase, decrease, or remain the same: (a) the component of the gravitational force on the box, along the ramp, (b) the magnitude of the static frictional force on the box from the ramp, (c) the component of the gravitational force on the box, perpendicular to the ramp, (d) the magnitude of the normal force on the box from the ramp, and (e) the maximum value \( f_{s,\text{max}} \) of the static frictional force?