A stepladder of negligible weight is constructed as shown in the figure below, with AC = BC = { = 4.40 m. A painter of mass m = 73.0 kg stands on the ladder d = 3.00 m from the bottom.
A stepladder of negligible weight is constructed as shown in the figure below, with AC = BC = { = 4.40 m. A painter of mass m = 73.0 kg stands on the ladder d = 3.00 m from the bottom.
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Transcribed Image Text:A stepladder of negligible weight is constructed as shown in the figure below, with \( AC = BC = \ell = 4.40 \, \text{m} \). A painter of mass \( m = 73.0 \, \text{kg} \) stands on the ladder \( d = 3.00 \, \text{m} \) from the bottom.
**Diagram Explanation:**
The diagram shows a stepladder in the shape of an inverted "V". The ladder sections \( AC \) and \( BC \) are equal in length. A painter stands at point \( C \), and a horizontal bar \( DE \) connects the two halves of the ladder. The points \( A \) and \( B \) are at the bottom, and point \( C \) is at the top hinge. The height from the bottom to where the painter stands is marked as \( d \).
**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 \( A \) \(\_\_\_\_\_\) N
at \( B \) \(\_\_\_\_\_\) N
(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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