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A uniform ladder 7.0 m long weighing 450 N rests with one end on the ground and the other end against a perfectly smooth vertical wall. The ladder rises at 60.0° above the horizontal floor. A 750 N painter finds that she can climb 2.75 m up the ladder, measured along its length, before it begins to slip. (a) Make a free-body diagram of the ladder. (b) What force does the wall exert on the ladder? (c) Find the friction force and normal force that the floor exerts on the ladder.
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