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An 8 m long, 12kg, uniform ladder leans against a frictionless wall making an angle of 65 degrees with the floor. A 75 kg person is able to climb to the 7 m mark on the ladder before it slips. What is the reaction force on the ground?

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This solution calculates the reaction force on the ground when an 8 m long, 12kg, uniform ladder leans against a frictionless wall making an angle of 65 degrees with the floor and a 75 kg person is able to climb to the 7 m mark on the ladder before it slips.

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Since the wall is frictionless there would only be a reaction force normal to the wall.

At the wall the horizontal force=R
---->R

Where the ladder ...

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