Having failed in his first attempt, Romeo acquires a new ladder to try once again to get
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Having failed in his first attempt, Romeo acquires a new ladder to try once again to get to Juliet’s window. This one has a length L and a weight of 200 N. He tries placing it on the other side of the window, where the coefficients of static friction are 0.4 between the ladder and the wall, and 0.7 between the ladder and the ground. Because of bruises suffered in his last fall, Romeo wears heavy padding, which gives him a total mass of 80 kg. Sure enough, when he is 4/5 of the way up the ladder, it begins to slip. What was the angle between the ladder and the ground when Romeo was making his ascent?
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Static friction and kinetic friction are two types of friction that occur when two objects are in contact with each other. Static friction is the force that must be overcome to initiate motion between two surfaces that are in contact with each other but are not moving relative to each other. It is caused by the interlocking of rough surfaces at the microscopic level, and it increases as the force pushing the surfaces together increases. Once motion between the surfaces starts, the static friction is no longer present. Kinetic friction, also known as sliding friction, is the force that opposes the motion of two surfaces that are in contact with each other and are moving relative to each other. It is caused by the rubbing of the surfaces against each other and the resistance of the molecules in the surfaces to being moved. Kinetic friction is generally less than static friction, but it can still be a significant force, especially at high speeds. Both static and kinetic friction can be quantified using a coefficient of friction, which is a dimensionless number that represents the ratio of the frictional force between two surfaces to the normal force (the force perpendicular to the surfaces). The coefficient of static friction is typically greater than the coefficient of kinetic friction for a given pair of surfaces, because it takes more force to overcome the interlocking of the surfaces at rest than to maintain motion once it has started.
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