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Date Posted: 5/16/2008 10:52:34 AM  Status: Live
rotation of a rigid body
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Calculus Based Physics from past question paper N/A N/A
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a 3-metre ladder leans against a frictionless wall making an angle of  with the ground, what minimum coefficient of friction is needed to prevent the foot of the ladder from slipping.

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Date Posted: 5/17/2008 6:57:14 AM  Status: Live
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Frictionless wall means,
 the only force exerted by the wall on the ladder is normal to the wall; say F.outward.
 
The force of friction exerted by the ground on the ladder is along the goround, horizontally inward. These two must be equal for translational equiibrium. F = f
 
Also, for rotational euilibrium, taking momentum about the point of contact with the ground,
Anticlockwise momentum is of the force F at distance L = 3.0 m at angle of 60o.
Moment of this force, FxL cos θ = FL x0.866. ---(1)
 
Clockwise moment of the weight mg of the ladder acting in the middle.
This is  mg.(L/2)sin 30 = mgLx0.5/2 = mgL/4  __(2)
From (1) and (2)
                  FL x0.866 = mgL/4 
But F = f = μ.mg;
Substituting
              μ.mg.L = mgL/(4x0.866)
                 μ = 1/(4x0.866) = 0.2886 = 0.289
 
                      
 
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