Recent content by astoll

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    Force of the Ladder on a Wall Torque

    I figured it out! Thank you everyone! For whatever reason, when I gave this problem to my AP class yesterday we had some discrepancies on the torque and I thought I would get a second opinion. Many thanks!
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    Force of the Ladder on a Wall Torque

    Apologizes, I couldn't figure out how to attach the image the first time. If the righthand side was zero, that would mean that there is a torque from the normal force on the ladder, but not a torque from the ladder on the wall? If this is true, I know how to complete the problem.
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    Force of the Ladder on a Wall Torque

    I've been working on this problem for a couple days now and I'm clearly missing something. I first went ahead and solved the triangle. Hypotenuse is 5, height is 4, the last side is 3 and the angle is 53 degrees. I went ahead and did the sum of forces in the y direction = Fn - Fbucket - Fearth =...