What do you mean by this? I remember my professor saying something about the angle between the lever arm and force.
Yeah and I'm not sure what the angle you would use here would be either. I'm going to use a right triangle correct?
Thanks, you definitely cleared up the direction for me and...
Okay I wasn't sure I did the lever arm right thanks all.
So would the lever arm for Fg be d1 in the picture? and then d2 for Nw?
d1 = (L/2)cos60°
I'm still not sure where to go for the torque of Nw
And if I chose CCW to be positive, then Nw would be negative and Fg would be positive? Is...
Homework Statement
[/B]
A 3.0-m-long ladder, as shown in the following figure, leans against a frictionless wall. The coefficient of static friction between the ladder and the floor is 0.32.
What is the minimum angle the ladder can make with the floor without slipping?
Homework Equations...