A 16.0-m uniform ladder weighing 510 N rests against a frictionless wall. The ladder makes a 57.0° angle with the horizontal. (a) Find the horizontal and vertical forces the ground exerts on the base of the ladder when an 850-N firefighter has climbed 3.90 m along the ladder from the bottom. Horizontal force: magnitude direction Vertical force: magnitude direction towards the wall up V N N (b) If the ladder is just on the verge of slipping when the firefighter is 8.70 m from the bottom, what is the coefficient of static friction between ladder and ground?

A 16.0-m uniform ladder weighing 510 N rests against a frictionless wall. The ladder makes a 57.0° angle with the horizontal. (a) Find the horizontal and vertical forces the ground exerts on the base of the ladder when an 850-N firefighter has climbed 3.90 m along the ladder from the bottom. Horizontal force: magnitude direction Vertical force: magnitude direction towards the wall up V N N (b) If the ladder is just on the verge of slipping when the firefighter is 8.70 m from the bottom, what is the coefficient of static friction between ladder and ground?

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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