A man of weight W climbs a ladder that has been placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. Find the internal force system acting on section 1 as a function of x (the position coordinate of the person).

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A man of weight W climbs a ladder that has been placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. Find the internal force system acting on section 1 as a function of x (the position coordinate of the person).

 

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