Consider a uniform ladder of length 4.3 m and mass 10 kg.  The ladder is falling over, pivoting about the end that is touching the ground.  Someone is pushing on the top end of the ladder with a horizontal force of size 415 N.  At the instant when the ladder makes a 46 degree angle with the horizontal, calculate the net torque on the ladder about its bottom end, in N m.  Make your answer positive, and use g = 10 m/s2. (Please answer to the fourth decimal place - i.e 14.3225)

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Consider a uniform ladder of length 4.3 m and mass 10 kg.  The ladder is falling over, pivoting about the end that is touching the ground.  Someone is pushing on the top end of the ladder with a horizontal force of size 415 N.  At the instant when the ladder makes a 46 degree angle with the horizontal, calculate the net torque on the ladder about its bottom end, in N m.  Make your answer positive, and use g = 10 m/s2.

(Please answer to the fourth decimal place - i.e 14.3225)

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