A ladder 7.50 m long is leaning against a smooth (frictionless) wall at a point 7.0 m above the ground. The ladder weighs 200 N and an 800-N painter stands two-thirds of the way up the ladder. What frictional force must act on the bottom of the ladder to prevent it from slipping for the painter to be safe?

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A ladder 7.50 m long is leaning against a smooth (frictionless) wall at a point 7.0 m above the ground. The ladder weighs 200 N and an 800-N painter stands two-thirds of the way up the ladder. What frictional force must act on the bottom of the ladder to prevent it from slipping for the painter to be safe? 

 

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