A stepladder of negligible weight is constructed as shown in the figure below, with \( AC = BC = \ell = 3.20\, \text{m} \). A painter of mass \( m = 65.0\, \text{kg} \) stands on the ladder \( d = 3.00\, \text{m} \) from the bottom. *[Illustration of a stepladder with points labeled: A, B, C, D, E; a person of mass \( m \) stands on the ladder at point C. The ladder legs make a vertex at point C and are joined by a horizontal bar at D and E.]* 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 \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N (b) the normal forces at \( A \) and \( B \) at \( A \) \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N at \( B \) \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] 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 \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N upward component \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N

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A stepladder of negligible weight is constructed as shown in the figure below, with \( AC = BC = \ell = 3.20\, \text{m} \). A painter of mass \( m = 65.0\, \text{kg} \) stands on the ladder \( d = 3.00\, \text{m} \) from the bottom.

*[Illustration of a stepladder with points labeled: A, B, C, D, E; a person of mass \( m \) stands on the ladder at point C. The ladder legs make a vertex at point C and are joined by a horizontal bar at D and E.]*

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  
\[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N

(b) the normal forces at \( A \) and \( B \)  
at \( A \) \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N  
at \( B \) \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] 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 \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N  
upward component \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N
Transcribed Image Text:A stepladder of negligible weight is constructed as shown in the figure below, with \( AC = BC = \ell = 3.20\, \text{m} \). A painter of mass \( m = 65.0\, \text{kg} \) stands on the ladder \( d = 3.00\, \text{m} \) from the bottom. *[Illustration of a stepladder with points labeled: A, B, C, D, E; a person of mass \( m \) stands on the ladder at point C. The ladder legs make a vertex at point C and are joined by a horizontal bar at D and E.]* 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 \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N (b) the normal forces at \( A \) and \( B \) at \( A \) \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N at \( B \) \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] 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 \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N upward component \[ \boxed{\phantom{N}} \] N
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