Explanation:
1. draught
2. Parallax error
3. angle if displacement
4. air resistance or any form of obstruction
In the process of peppering the question with those forty (40 !) un-necessary quotation marks, you neglected to actually show us the illustration. So we have no information to describe the adjacent positions, and we're not able to come up with any answer to the question.
-- the big flash of light and heat coming out of the head
of a match when it gets hot enough;
-- the explosion of a tiny bit of gunpowder that can send
a bullet many miles;
-- the energy captured from a few drops of burning gasoline
that moves a car;
-- the energy in the carbohydrates you eat that is used
to move you around;
Explanation:
Assuming the wall is frictionless, there are four forces acting on the ladder.
Weight pulling down at the center of the ladder (mg).
Reaction force pushing to the left at the wall (Rw).
Reaction force pushing up at the foot of the ladder (Rf).
Friction force pushing to the right at the foot of the ladder (Ff).
(a) Calculate the reaction force at the wall.
Take the sum of the moments about the foot of the ladder.
∑τ = Iα
Rw (3.0 sin 60°) − mg (1.5 cos 60°) = 0
Rw (3.0 sin 60°) = mg (1.5 cos 60°)
Rw = mg / (2 tan 60°)
Rw = (10 kg) (9.8 m/s²) / (2√3)
Rw = 28 N
(b) State the friction at the foot of the ladder.
Take the sum of the forces in the x direction.
∑F = ma
Ff − Rw = 0
Ff = Rw
Ff = 28 N
(c) State the reaction at the foot of the ladder.
Take the sum of the forces in the y direction.
∑F = ma
Rf − mg = 0
Rf = mg
Rf = 98 N
