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Homework Statement
A mountain climber is rappelling down a vertical wall. The rope attaches to a buckle strapped to the climber's waist 15 cm to the right of his center of gravity and makes an angle of = 15° with the wall. The climber weighs 780 N.
(a) Find the tension in the rope
N
(b) Find the magnitude and direction of the contact force exerted by the wall on the climber's feet.
Magnitude 209 N
Direction ____ ° above the horizontal.
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
when finding the tension of the rope, how is it possible that I found the magnatude of the feet against the wall and couldn't find the tension of the rope? Arent they part of the same equation?
Is this like a fulcrum problem?