For the stepladder shown in Figure sides AC and CE are each 2.44 m long and hinged at C. Bar BD is a tie-rod 0.762 m long, halfway up. A man weighing 854 N climbs 1.80 m along the ladder. Assuming that the floor is frictionless and neglecting the mass of the ladder, Find

(a) The tension in the tie-rod and the magnitudes of the forces on the ladder from the floor at

(b) A and

(c) E.

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A. E.