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A 500-M-Long Uniform Ladder, Weighing 200 N, Rests Against a Smooth

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A 5.00-m-long uniform ladder, weighing 200 N, rests against a smooth vertical wall with its base on a horizontal rough floor, a distance of 1.20 m away from the wall. The coefficient of static
Friction between the ladder and the floor is 0.200. How far up the ladder, measured along the
Ladder, can a 600-N person climb before the ladder begins to slip?


A) 4.56 m
B) 3.95 m
C) 1.26 m
D) 1.05 m
E) 1.50 m

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