A stepladder of negligible weight is constructed as shown in the figure below, with AC = BC = e = 3.20 m. A painter of mass m = 65.0 kg stands on the ladder d = 3.00 m from the bottom. D E d B Assuming the floor is frictionless, find the following. (Suggestion: Treat the ladder as a single object, but also treat each half of the ladder separately.) (a) the tension in the horizontal bar DE connecting the two halves of the ladder N (b) the normal forces at A and B at A at B (c) the components of the reaction force at the single hinge C that the left half of the ladder exerts on the right half rightward component N upward component N

A stepladder of negligible weight is constructed as shown in the figure below, with AC = BC = e = 3.20 m. A painter of mass m = 65.0 kg stands on the ladder d = 3.00 m from the bottom. D E d B Assuming the floor is frictionless, find the following. (Suggestion: Treat the ladder as a single object, but also treat each half of the ladder separately.) (a) the tension in the horizontal bar DE connecting the two halves of the ladder N (b) the normal forces at A and B at A at B (c) the components of the reaction force at the single hinge C that the left half of the ladder exerts on the right half rightward component N upward component N

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Chapter2: Vectors

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Problem 77AP: Show that when A+B=C then A2+B2+2ABcos , where is the angle between vectors A and B .

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