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(a) The problem asks for the person’s pull (his force exerted on the rock) but since we are examining

forces and torques on the person, we solve for the reaction force N

1

(exerted leftward on the hands

by the rock). At that point, there is also an upward force of static friction on his hands f

1

which we

will take to be at its maximum value µ

1

N

1

. We note that equilibrium of horizontal forces requires

N

1

= N

2

(the force exerted leftward on his feet); on this feet there is also an upward static friction

force of magnitude µ

2

N

2

. Equilibrium of vertical forces gives

f

1

+ f

2

− mg = 0 =⇒ N

1

=

mg

µ

1

+ µ

2

= 3.4

× 10

2

N .

(b) Computing torques about the point where his feet come in contact with the rock, we find

mg(d + w)

− f

1

w

− N

1

h = 0

=

⇒ h =

mg(d + w)

− µ

1

N

1

w

N

1

= 0.88 m .

(c) Both intuitively and mathematically (since both coefficients are in the denominator) we see from

part (a) that N

1

would increase in such a case. As for part (b), it helps to plug part (a) into part (b)

and simplify:

h = (d + w)µ

2

+

1

from which it becomes apparent that h should decrease if the coefficients decrease.


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