Example: Ladder 3.

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What if someone is standing on the ladder? Does that change
the risk of slipping?

Find an expression for the minimum coefficient of static

friction in this case.

How does the free body diagram change?

McMaster PHYSICS 1D03 – Lecture 17

Homework: Ladder 4.0
Weightless ladder, no friction at B, static friction
coefficient µA at A. Given the length L of the ladder,
find an expression for the static friction required to
prevent the ladder from slipping. What conditions on
d will make the ladder more likely to slip?

Will the answer depend on B

the weight of the person? µB = 0

d
θ
A

McMaster PHYSICS 1D03 – Lecture 17

µA