A 900-N boy sits on top of a ladder of negligible weight that rests on a frictionless
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A 900-N boy sits on top of a ladder of negligible weight that rests on a frictionless floor as in Figure. There is a cross brace halfway up the ladder. The angle at the apex is q = 30o.
(a) What is the force exerted by the floor on each leg of the ladder?
(b) Find the tension in the cross brace.
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a The force exerted by the frictionless floor must be vertical By symmetry each le...View the full answer
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