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LenKa [72]
4 years ago
15

A rock climber is going up a narrow space between two vertical rocks. The distance between the rocks allows the climber to brace

herself using friction, where her feet are flat and in contact with one rock to the left, and her legs are straight horizontal and her back is flat against a rock on the right. The coefficient of static friction between her shoes and the rock on the left is 1.2, and between the rock at right and her back is 0.8. The climber relaxes until she is on the verge of slipping on both sides.
(a) Draw a FBD for the climber
(b) What fraction of her weight is supported by the frictional force on her shoes?
Physics
1 answer:
Roman55 [17]4 years ago
7 0

Answer: b

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