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Homework Statement
"To get up on the roof, a person (mass 70.0 kg) places a 6.00-m aluminum ladder (mass 10.0 kg) against the house on a concrete pad with the base of the ladder 2.00 m from the house. The ladder rests against a plastic rain gutter, which we can assume to be friction-less. The center of mass of the ladder is 2.00 m from the bottom. The person is standing 3.00 m from the bottom. Find the normal reaction and friction forces on the ladder at its base."
Homework Equations
##\theta=cos^{-1}(\frac{1}{3})=tan^{-1}(2\sqrt{2})##
##m_0=10kg##
##s_0=\frac{2 m}{tan\theta}##
##m_1=70kg##
##s_1=\frac{3 m}{tan\theta}##
##||s||=6m##
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm choosing my lever arm to be the point at which the ladder touches the ground.
##∑|τ|=-g(m_0s_0+m_1s_1)+||s||cos\theta⋅F_r=0##
##∑F_x=-gcos\theta(m_0+m_1)-F_r+f_s=0##
##F_r=f_s-gcos\theta(m_0+m_1)##
##F_r⋅||s||⋅cos\theta=g(m_0s_0+m_1s_1)##
##F_r=\frac{g}{||s||}sec\theta(m_0s_0+m_1s_1)##
##f_s-gcos\theta(m_0+m_1)=\frac{g}{||s||}sec\theta(m_0s_0+m_1s_1)##
##f_s=gcos\theta(m_0+m_1)+\frac{g}{||s||}sec\theta(m_0s_0+m_1s_1)##
Can anyone tell me if I'm going in the right direction? Thanks.
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