You place a 15.0-m long, 22-kg uniform ladder against a smooth vertical wall with the bottom of the ladder 3.0 m from the wall. There is a lot of slippery mud so naturally you are worried about the ladder slipping. The coefficient of static friction between the floor and the ladder is 0.28. What distance, measured along the ladder from the bottom, can a 60-kg person climb before the ladder starts to slip?

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You place a 15.0-m long, 22-kg uniform ladder against a smooth vertical wall with the bottom of the ladder 3.0 m from the wall. There is a lot of slippery mud so naturally you are worried about the ladder slipping. The coefficient of static friction between the floor and the ladder is 0.28. What distance, measured along the ladder from the bottom, can a 60-kg person climb before the ladder starts to slip?

 

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